A girl at 18 wakes in the morning and hops out of bed straight onto a pair of scales located next to her bed. The needle moves slightly up and she burns inside, fat fat fat! She looks into the full-length mirror; it's her worst enemy. The way she looked in it made her feel like dying. Even when she wasn't looking in the mirror, she felt as though the whole world was a mirror, showing her, her disgrace. How could she let this happen? She couldn't go out like this "I am so fat and ugly", she thinks "I hate myself." She has let herself down. She hasn't eaten in days and plans her starvation tactics, from lies to skipping breakfast, lunch and dinner. Everyday her body screams at her in hunger but her mind forces these feelings out of her head; she's hungry, she's happy. Who will like her if she eats? No one. She focuses on how flat her stomach will look tonight and how good she will feel. All she has to do is keep fasting. She puts her baggy clothes on to hide her obesity. At school no one has mentioned her appearance but she's convinced that everyone can see her new kilos and is making comments about her, which makes her feel even worse. She finds herself glaring at her plate each day at dinner. She could never bring herself to eat it. She hates food; she knows it can easily ruin her life. With the fork not only comes instant fat but the loss of everything she has gained, friends, popularity and control. If she can't control anything else in her life at least she could control her food. To avoid food she has to lie to those who love her. At the end of the day she feels noble because she is able to deny herself what most other people cannot; food.
             The girl in the story is suffering from anorexia, which may be described in Layman's terms as dieting gone wild. Individuals with anorexia have an intense fear of becoming obese even when they continue to lose weight. Generally
             ...