Anorexia is full of paradoxes. Anorexics starve themselves yet feel nausea at the thought of eating, are fascinated and repulsed by watching others eat, compare themselves constantly with other people while being profoundly self-absorbed, combine apparent invincibility with obvious weakness,

  Human beings are profoundly social — we are hardwired to connect to one another and to want to work together. Frankly, we would never have survived as a species without our instinctive desire to live and work in groups, because physically we are just not strong or scary enough.  Tons of research

    It seemed like a straightforward question about family and manners. The letter writer – a 24 year-old woman – said she typically wears one-piece bathing suits in public because “it doesn’t attract a lot of attention.” At home with family, she wears a bikini top and shorts because she feels more