The notion that less of her was worth more in the world had wormed its way into her brain and taken insidious hold over her perception of self. Despite knowing the starvation hallowed her, in the beginning, each pound gained back created in her a sense of fear. Fear of her own body, really. Despite knowing that food could soothe and nourish her, it became, for Raquel, something torturous; full of shame and complications.
