ROSE: NINETEEN YEARS OLD, EXERTS SUCH TIGHT CONTROL OVER HER EATING THAT SHE IS ANOREXIC. Some people make up for their feelings of subjugation by engaging in excessive self-control. Because they feel out of control of most areas of their lives, they seize control of some aspect of themselves. This is what happened to Rose, who has the eating disorder known as anorexia nervosa. Rose has starved herself until she has become excessively thin, all the while insisting that she is still too fat.
