How to Completely Disappear by Kelsey Osgood

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Written and narrated by Kelsey Osgood, How to Completely Disappear: On Modern Anorexia tells the story of Osgood and her battle with anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa, which is referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder that is often associated with a skipping meals and an unnaturally thin body shape. A person who suffers with anorexia is often very underweight, but the weight does not solely defy the eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa can be seen in a person who often skips meals and intakes very few calories. The author begins her struggles with anorexia at the age of fourteen, and she continues her battle throughout her entire teenage years. Osgood experiences firsthand the devastating effects of not having the proper nutrition. How to Completely Disappear: On Modern Anorexia is told through her perspective as Osgood relives countless hospital visits and great weight loss.

The author reveals that she personally sought out weight loss tips and websites that encouraged anorexia nervosa. As young as fourteen, she began to see herself as overweight once Osgood had become ...

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