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W09 Additional Reading: Brave Girl Eating ("Before" - Ch. 3) Instructions Answer the questions below. Write a write a 1 - 1.5 page response (this is typically about 300+ words ) to the following prompt. Remember to make it clear that you have read the entire assigned reading in your response. Question 1 Do you think the family dysfunction is a cause or a product of Kitty's eating disorder? Why? Do you believe the author when she says the family was not dysfunctional before the anorexia? What function might Kitty's eating disorder serve in the family dynamic that could be difficult for her to give up? How might Emma, Kitty's younger sister, be impacted by all that is happening with the family? The dysfunction of the family is a product of Kitty's eating disorder. They had not had any extreme issues before, at least none that we know about. Her eating disorder made her change her attitude about everything; she was more irritable, tired, anxious, and so many other things. Eating disorders change families, not just a person. No matter how hard someone can try to hide their eating disorder from their family, someone always notices. They notice the small changes. Attitude, habits, looks, and how much someone eats. Someone will always notice it, but they may not realize what it is in the moment, or if they are too young, they may not even understand it, but it is never hidden completely. I do believe that their family was not dysfunctional before everything started to happen. Like I said before, an eating disorder can change a whole family dynamic, even if just one person has one. In this case, the young girl has an eating disorder, and her parents are worried. We don't know exactly how the father is feeling, but we know that he is worried and probably scared. His little girl is in pain, and, at first, he doesn't know why. We know that the mother is extremely worried. The girl who was independent is, all of a sudden, clinging to her and is overly anxious and cautious about everything. There is also a fear of how that can impact her younger sister. Her sister, who is only ten years old, is still very impressionable and knows that her sister is going through something; she was the first one to say that Kitty had anoxia. Her sister could catch onto the BYU-Idaho PSYCH 342

beliefs that Kitty has for herself and develop something similar, or she could resent her sister. When an older sibling is going through something traumatic that is affecting the whole family, the younger sibling sees that and tells themself, "I'm never gonna be like that; I'm better than that." Although it may seem like something good, it can cause a rift between the siblings. BYU-Idaho PSYCH 342

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