Perhaps they thought I was on a fact-finding mission, never for one moment thinking that a man of my age and build could be suffering from bulimia nervosa, but that's what the consultant said I had.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off.
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
I realized I was an anorexic, a bulimic, and a compulsive overeater.
At age 12, I was on 'Guiding Light,' and I wanted to be accepted by these adults I was working with. I started with the Eat Right for Your Type diet. A friend who was a little older was doing it. I have a perfectionist personality, so I wanted to do the best job I could. I was not eating anything it said not to.
What's wrong with extreme dieting and hard-core fitness plans is that they don't take into account the rest of your life.
As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic.
They know you're not Alfred Hitchcock, but you need to be enough Alfred Hitchcock for them not to be bothered by it. That's a reassuring thing.
When you're used to being healthy and strong and vibrant and everything and then - bang - overnight you're desperately ill, it's frightening.
They want to portray me as crazy, unhinged, unbalanced. OK, good, fine.
They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food.