Purge : rehab diaries / Nicole Johns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johns, Nicole.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johns, Nicole--Health.

Johns, Nicole.

Eating disorders--Patients--Services for--United States.

Eating disorders.

Eating disorders--Patients--United States--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Seal Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Purge is a beautifully crafted memoir that has a Girl, Interrupted feel. In this raw and engaging account of her months in rehab, Nicole Johns documents her stay in a residential treatment facility for eating disorders. Her prose is lucid and vivid, as she seamlessly switches verb tenses and moves through time. She unearths several important themes: body image and sexuality, sexual assault and relationships, and the struggle to piece together one's path in life. While other books about eating disorders and treatment may sugarcoat the harsh realities of living with and recove

Contents:

Title Page; Dedication; Prologue; Diagnosis; Selected Journal Entries - (2001-2004); Euphemisms; The Last Year - (OF YOUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH EDNOS); The End Is the Beginning ·; Day One-Admission; Psychiatric Evaluation; Day Two- Weight and Vitals; Breaking the Fast; Dr. Lorensky; Observation; The Middle; Meal Plans; Snack Time; Scenes from the Dining Room - OF THE EATING-DISORDERED; Individual Therapy - WITH THERAPIST ELAINE; Group Therapy - WITH THERAPIST ELAINE; The Vibrator Policy - AT THE EDC; Confession; Scars; Autobiography; Horseback Riding; Psychodrama; Geriatric Skate; Parents' Visit

TransformationsSome of Us Are Just Passing through; Birthday; Desperation; Repeat Offenders; Heart Trouble; Nutrition Group; johannsonator Sessions; Art Therapy; Thin Clothes Bonfire; Black Market and Contraband; Knowing My Weight; Safety Contract #1; Periods; Fat Is Not a Feeling; Dairy Queen; Crack Kills; Voodoo House Field Trip; Fight Club; Team Building; Playground Love; Safety, Contract #2; People Are Hell; Evoking Emotion - IN THE UNEMOTIONAL; An Exercise - IN COMBATING MY PERFECTIONISM AND SUPPOSED OCD; Revelations; Extended Metaphors; Prelude to Anger management; Anger Management

Tornado WarningsNursing Students; Prank-Calls; It's Fun to Weigh at the YMCA; Thin/Fat Spectrogram; Body Image and Comparing; Sex and the City; Julia doing My Makeup; Master Treatment Plan - 8/13/04; Therapeutic Exercise: - GETTING READY TO LET GO; Spontaneous Solo Outings; A Surreal Moment; Therapeutic Exercice: - THREE STAGES OF RECOVERY; Skinny-Dipping; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Selected Titles from Seal Press; Copyright Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-7867-4445-6

OCLC:

646798402