A Day in the Mind of an Anorexic Girl

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A Day in the Mind of an Anorexic Girl

I am drifting, floating gently as if through clouds. Suddenly I am

awake and my eyes open to complete darkness! Then I am no longer

floating, as my feet hit the ground and I waver slightly, managing to

stay balanced. I am in a massive, dark, open space but can vaguely

make out jumbled images beginning to appear. I find myself trapped in

a girl's mind. Not just any girl however; she has an eating disorder

known as Anorexia Nervosa.

As she opens her eyes, the vast space is lit up and I experience the

confusion that is her mind. It is not a pretty sight. Everything seems

to be mixed up. There is a sky above my head. Although it is light, it

is not blue. It is more of a misty grey. The scenery is in complete

disorder, with jagged pieces of what looks like rock and everyday

items such as clothes, stationery and bits of paper lying haphazardly

about the room. I turn around to see what the area behind me looks

like and, as I do, a single red door appears as if out of nowhere, on

one side. It has no hinges, and does not appear to be resting on

anything, so I go to take a closer look. I turn the knob slowly and I

carefully ease open the door.

Behind it I see a girl, skin and bone, so thin that her eyes seem

sunken into her face. She walks up to a mirror and, instead of seeing

her true reflection, I see what she sees. She sees a large overweight

girl who almost seems to grow fatter as you look at her, suffocating

her! The girl looking in the mirror pulls her thin, dry, blonde hair

back and takes a closer look at the distorted image of her face. Then,

she lifts her large T-shirt slightly. It hangs loosely and reveals a

tiny, shrunken torso. She pulls helplessly at her paper thin skin but

the reflection, instead, shows the girl holding a handful of flab.

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