“To be completely honest, I forgot the story I was making up mid-sentence and I still need to say words to complete this sentence and there you go I feel like this is enough words to count as an explanation,” said the woman.

2 men on the couch. 1 woman (the dog sitter) in the shower.
Sometimes Oreos aren’t the only things that are double stuffed.

“I’d like to apologize to him for making him feel like I violated his house”

Wait....what??

This is all true. My wife is depressed and I’m going to my first counseling session today. Something I probably done years ago. 

Except he avoids bringing it up. He outright states that. He only comments on it when she brings it up. And 40+ pounds, on a 5'1" girl? That is a major difference. If she was slim, she’s possibly put on more than 33% of her body original weight. That’s not a small change. And to put on that much over the course of a…

Oh wow is Weak and Trapped me from a year ago?

Depression is a bitch, and if you’re not careful, it will ruin you, no matter what side of the relationship you’re on.

It’s like constant confirmation of all of our worst fears and beliefs. And part of what makes it so insidious is that it does so in our own voice. Because we already believe we’re worthless, awful people, we often end up doing things to punish ourselves, like overeating. While this may not be a conscious decision,…

CHOPPA.

‘Remember: “No.” is a complete sentence.’ is probably the single best statement to come out of your columns here, and I tend to feel your columns are very, very rich in solid advice/perspective.

The thing is, even then, it was illegal. So people understood on some level it was was wrong, but the law was very selectively enforced.

Truth. My molestor, ( public school in Southern Cal) was casually known as a predator on campus for at least two decades. It was so very normal that students and teachers alike would say things like “watch out for Chester the molester” or “who’s the favorite this year gonna be” or or or or....

It’s all about reputation, as a large chunk of these kids are just following the footsteps of their parents and grandparents. For the nouveau riche, they want their kids to make friends with this social class. And the day school kids are never really accepted.

It was normalized because it was normal. Nothing would be done about it, nobody would stand up for you, there were no support groups, the problem was expected to be discussed in hushed tones and not in polite company, and if you did speak up, it was your fault for stirring shit. This was the world that you existed in,…

Really? That’s your reaction after reading this?

It’s a tough statistic to measure for a bunch of reasons. If you google it, you’ll get a bunch of different estimates, and they’ll all be wildly different. And it wouldn’t be especially meaningful given that there’s no way to control for other factors. (Maybe people with really entrenched cases are more likely to turn…

Excellent article. Thank you, Kelsey! I am a Psychologist who treats individuals with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa. I remember Claude-Pierre well. She was doing the media circuit while I was in graduate school. As you point out, people with an ED and their families are sometimes so desperate that they…

Given what I know about Claude-Pierre, I doubt she’d release them, and if she did release them, I doubt they’d be accurate.

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