“A bulimic person may be so disconnected from her experience that she does not even know what she needs or wants. If she does not know, needing something or someone only confirms her sense that she is weak and inadequate. She believes her needs are not legitimate, and therefore finds it difficult to seek care or engage with any care she does manage to seek. In fact, she is likely to greet others' expressions of concern with contempt, the very contempt with which she views herself".” PsychologyEating DisordersDisconnectedBulimia Book:Sensing the Self: Women's Recovery from Bulimia Source: Sensing the Self: Women's Recovery from Bulimia
“As she continually disregards and overrides her body's signals of hunger, fullness, and fatigue, a bulimic woman becomes increasingly disconnected from her subjective experience. Because she does not heed her own needs, desires, preferences, and limits, she grows ever more reliant upon external gauges to guide her life".” Eating DisordersDisconnectedBulimiaSubjective Experience Book:Sensing the Self: Women's Recovery from Bulimia Source: Sensing the Self: Women's Recovery from Bulimia