If I had been a different sort of person, maybe less impressionable, less intense, less fearful, less utterly dependent upon the perceptions of other….

It is, at the most basic level, a bundle of contradictions: a desire for power that strips you of all power. A gesture of strength that divests you o….

Never, never underestimate the power of desire. If you want to live badly enough, you can live. The great question, at least for me, was: How do I de….

• Eating disorders are addictions. You become addicted to a number of their effects. The two most basic and important: the pure adrenaline that kicks….