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It illustrates that this woman,
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though tortured by her obsession and by her behavior,
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is clearly smart, clearly articulate,
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and her thinking is otherwise pretty clear.
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She's not crazy, she's not psychotic,
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and it also illustrates the peculiar ambivalence she feels.
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She understands what's smart and sensible,
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tries to do it, but struggles mightily.
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A couple other things:
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one, the history she gives of vomiting
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getting harder and harder as she did it, is unusual.
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Most folks who start to induce vomiting find it