Creating an Anorexic | Clarissa's Blog
I think the most telling sentence is this one at the very top:
"I never thought this could happen to a child so young, in a body-positive household like ours. Boy, was I wrong"
It's a very religious construct about sin and inner corruption, although the issue is displaced onto the body. Parents who obsess about never showing any anger are very likely to raise extremely angry children. Don't focus on something and try to repress it.
Supposing I grew up in American and I only knew one language, English. Whenever I spoke it, my mother came around and said:
“That’s the way! We’re very English language positive in this house.”
Sometimes I might sing nonsense rhymes, at which point my mother would hasten to my side to warn me:
“Are you okay, dear? We are very, very English language positive in this house. Please try to pay attention to my needs to hear you speaking clearly and calmly the English language we have brought you up to speak!”
From this I would get the message that there was something defective about me, perhaps in terms of my English language speaking skills.
In all probability I might start imagining myself Russian or French.
Thus do parents create diseases in their children.
I think the most telling sentence is this one at the very top:
"I never thought this could happen to a child so young, in a body-positive household like ours. Boy, was I wrong"
It's a very religious construct about sin and inner corruption, although the issue is displaced onto the body. Parents who obsess about never showing any anger are very likely to raise extremely angry children. Don't focus on something and try to repress it.
Supposing I grew up in American and I only knew one language, English. Whenever I spoke it, my mother came around and said:
“That’s the way! We’re very English language positive in this house.”
Sometimes I might sing nonsense rhymes, at which point my mother would hasten to my side to warn me:
“Are you okay, dear? We are very, very English language positive in this house. Please try to pay attention to my needs to hear you speaking clearly and calmly the English language we have brought you up to speak!”
From this I would get the message that there was something defective about me, perhaps in terms of my English language speaking skills.
In all probability I might start imagining myself Russian or French.
Thus do parents create diseases in their children.
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