POST B ! #4

This section of Wasted by Marya Hornbacher made me realize that an eating disorder can happen to any type of person. If I had to say the first that came to my mind when I thought of an anorexic or bulimic person, I would say an artistic, pale, model want to be. As a tri-sport athlete I always thought that no matter what, there is absolutely no possible earthly way that a person with my lifestyle would EVER have an eating disorder; wow was I wrong! "Eating disordered athletes in particular seem to have this idea -but they speak in a bizarre almost proactive tone, as if they have always intended to stop.”[135] Marya also in this chapter went through a rough patch with her health. She not only fainted and was checked into the school infirmary, but she also at the school MORP (kind of prom) threw-up blood. At that point all of the dormitory supervisors had been fed up with Marya’s excuses for not being well. “one of the chaperons…Marya, you’re full of shit.”(132) After this throwing up blood incident, Marya was sent to the nurse. Her parents were called and told that she had been probably taken diet pills that had not agreed with her stomach. This was also the end of the line for many of Marya’s friends, as they would plea with the administrators to stop Marya; they did nothing. But the main thing I learned from this section of Wasted is that an eating disorder can happen to anyone, anywhere.