Not because she was sick, but because she didn't want to become fat. Why she did this, what the pay-off was for her, is not made very clear in Wasted. The Milan psychiatrist, Mara Selvi Palazzoli, famous for her work with such cases, says that anorectics are nothing but little tyrants who want to make the whole family dance in their miserable movies. A looney bin is a fairly low-action place to be, not a lot going on, a whole bloody lot of time to sit and think. I came out eating.
Most children use temper tantrums or sulks to be heard.
Tell that to those noisy television preachers, prancing around the stage, demanding our money, as if they've got Gawd safely in their back pockets. Next time you take a shower or a bath, I suggest you hold your big toes in mindfulness. We pay attention to everything except our toes. When we hold our toes in mindfulness and smile at them, we will find that our bodies have been very kind to us. We know that any cell in our toes can turn cancerous, but our toes have been behaving very well, avoiding that kind of problem.