A number of highly talented people have suffered from eating disorders such as anorexia.
Psychotherapist Jenn Berman outlines some of the possible reasons in her article Child Performers and Eating Disorders, noting that “experts have found that many of the personality traits which make children great athletes or performers are the very same characteristics which make [...]

Teri Hatcher reveals in Vanity Fair magazine that she was sexually abused by an uncle as a child. “This is something I’ve tried to hide my whole life,” she said. “Nobody wanted to talk about it. But all I did was blame myself. I have so much pain. I’m a woman who carries around all [...]