Eating too many pies is bad for you.
And sometimes you see people and you know they have eaten too many.
Such as John Prescott (who has his own footballing history)
Although I was saddened to learn today that this developed into mental illness for him.
He's not the first celebrity to fall foul of the invidious disease of bulimia, the most famous of course being this woman. Other sufferers include this man and our very own Mrs Becks.
A mixture of self loathing and obsessive behaviour rooted in a need to control are a powerful combination. The secret nature of it, driven by a combination of shame and denial, makes me think one of the psychological payoffs must be having control of the secret, important if you don't feel in control of other elements of your life.
I guess it all serves as a timely reminder of the importance of keeping our perspective on life as best we can.
You can have too much of anything.
Well except football of course.
And saying bad things about Leeds United..
I wouldn't have too much sympathy with Mr. Prescott. I suspect this revelation has quite a lot to do with the release of his autobiography. Anyway, in his own words he "wasn't a very successful bulimic, in that my weight didn't really drop." In other words he wasn't bulimic just a greedy pig. He has done those that genuinely suffer a disservice.
ReplyDeleteOT. Have you noticed that although your blog is called 'For Girls Who Can't Do Football' the majority of your comments are from men (boys)?
paul coombes: I heard that The Star ran with the story today - entitled "Spew-jags". Dearie me.
ReplyDeleteAs for the comments on this blog I have noticed there seem to be more boys than girls that comment. I know there are girls who read it because they send me emails. Maybe us girls are just naturally shy.