Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood and Traig's experience has affected me in many ways. Her autobiography has affected me to become less picky because of how obsessive she can be, but has also affected me in the view of weight. In her autobiography, Traig describes how she becomes anorexic after losing weight. In today's society, many teenagers believe they need to be skinny. While this thought may not affect many, it has affected me. At some point, I started to believe that I would like to be skinnier than what I am now. Dropping a couple pounds would not be bad and would not hurt anyone of course. Looking at models and many skinny girls, you tend to want to look like them and feel good being thin. Traig herself went through the experience and of course lost weight, but not without becoming anorexic because of it. Even though her OCD may have affected the cause of her anorexia, the thought of it still frightens me. Therefore, Traig has affected me yet again: to lose weight in a healthy way. Traig lost weight by not necessarily eating a lot or by consuming food that had less calories than what she normally ate. This continued on for so long that she became obsessed with the thought of counting calories or not eating. I have not only learned, but have also been affected by Traig's experienced to lose weight in a healthier way and to not become too obsessed on the thought of weight because then, that would only lead the situation in the wrong path.
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