We too easily lose track of the pain of the 'watchers' and the 'carers', and too easily simplify the pain of the watched.
You catch the poignancy of the isolation between the body of the anorexic, like a flare of despair and the uncomprehending mind of the carer, between which there can be no dialogue. Such a complex, miserable situation...
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We too easily lose track of the pain of the 'watchers' and the 'carers', and too easily simplify the pain of the watched. You catch the poignancy of the isolation between the body of the anorexic, like a flare of despair and the uncomprehending mind of the carer, between which there can be no dialogue. Such a complex, miserable situation...