Mom
What big secret did Mom not tell Jennette?
Did not tell Jennette about her biological father.
Why did Steve and Jennette break up?
Jen realized that they were codependent and as she healed she realized they were not compatible.
Who pushed her into going into therapy?
Her boyfriend.
Why did Jennette want to sell her house?
She was feeling unsafe and unhappy.
Stalkers, stress about home keeping, too big for her.
What disorder did her mom teach her at 11?
Anorexia Nervosa
Miranda Cosgrove
Why did she leave therapy the first time?
She did not like being confronted about her mother.
What instrument did her biological father play?
Trumpet
How did she convince Jennette to let her live with her after Jennette moved out?
Mom said it would be a night and then slowly took over the apartment.
Eventually moved in over time.
Why did she like her Anorexia Nervosa?
She lacked control but if she could control her food intake she felt in control of something.
What was a tool Jennette used in therapy?
She tracked her food, her purges.
Packets of worksheets that track her feelings and thoughts on food.
They weighed her each session.
Her support group (Miranda, Colby.)Self-help books.
Talk therapy.
Group therapy occasionally.
Journaled
What item did Jenny throw away?
Scale.
What personality disorder did Jennettes mom have?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Why did like Bulimia Nervosa.
Control.
She liked eating whatever she wanted and be able to throw it up afterwards and not gain weight.
What is the meaning behind "slips and slides" in recovery.
Not letting relapses during recovery send you down a spiral of more relapses.
Why was Jennettes grandmother mad about her selling her house for an apartment?
Her grandmother thought Jennettes prestige and image would be brought to shame.
What tools did her mother use to control others?
Shame, guilt, name-calling, belittling, berating.
Brings up her cancer, cry, steamroll them.
Victimizes herself.
Not respecting boundaries.
Forcing people into unwanted roles and situations.
Inappropriate touching.
Infantilizing Jennettte.No accountability.
How did her therapist describe Jennettes disorded eating habits?
Jennette would skip breakfast, eat a late incomplete lunch, no snacks, by dinner time she is starving and binges late at night which she throws up after.
The shame cycle is when one makes a mistake, and instead of remaining resilient, feels intense shame to the point of freezing. This leads them into not accomplishing the goal which in turn turns into more shame.
Why did she decide to not visit her mothers grave again?
She accepted that her mother was not a good person. She recognizes the good but there was overwhelmingly more bad to their relationship.
Closure.