'They too were battling to right a past wrong, turning their violence outwards, instead of inwards, as anorexics do.' Photo: Olenka Kotyk / Unsplash.
Thought for the week: Retired psychiatrist Bob Johnson’s peace testimony
‘You may not be asked to cope with anorexia but violence is inescapable.’
by Bob Johnson
20th September 2019
Twenty years ago I worked as a doctor in The Retreat, in York. Every Monday, patients with anorexia were weighed. Later in life, in my own clinic, an anorexic who had nearly died told me how she and her fellow sufferers used to put bags of water in their shoes, so as to fool the staff that they’d gained weight.
