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Crossroads- Ch. 14
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Lara brought her eyes up to meet Dr. Wheeler’s quizzically.
The counselor continued. "First, it is obvious that you are a strong, confident woman who is used to being in control of your life and actions. The circumstances you currently find yourself in make you feel out of control and are impacting every facet of your life."
Lara nodded.
"Secondly, it seems to me that you are not accustomed to using external resources for dealing with your internal struggles. I get a sense that the only reason you’ve sought out counseling is because you are having a physical reaction to an emotional issue. The fact that it is threatening your health has spurred you to take action."
Lara shut her eyes. After a moment, she nodded again. Taking a deep breath, she fixed her gaze on Dr. Wheeler once more.
"And finally, and perhaps most importantly for the short term, in an attempt to deal with your grief, you’ve put yourself into a very delicate position." The doctor paused and leaned forward. "It appears to me there’s a mix of three behaviours that have combined over the last six months to result in your health problem. Tell me if you agree…again, this is just my impression from observing you and hearing your story so far. But, given the circumstances, I think we should address this sooner rather than later…as your physical health is in question." She held a finger up. "One, after the loss of Dana, your appetite was understandably depressed. Not an uncommon reaction after a significant loss." A second finger went up. "Second, your sleep patterns have been drastically altered." The third finger went up. "Finally, you’ve tried to channel the nervous energy you feel after these dreams in a healthy manner by intense exercise. Mostly running." The doctor leaned back.
"Lara, there is a condition known as sports anorexia, or exercise anorexia. Usually, athletes who are training for elite performance suffer from this disorder. However, I think the unique factors in your case have combined to result in the physical manifestation of this condition."
Lara sat back heavily. "But, I eat at least three meals a day. And I never make myself throw up."
Dr. Wheeler nodded. "But you’ve admitted you don’t eat as much as you used to during every meal. And given the fact that you run anywhere from six to eight miles every morning at a pace that varies between 8 and 8:30 minutes per mile I don’t think that you are taking enough food in to compensate. Lara, you’ve lost ten percent of your body mass in the last six months. People who suffer from sports anorexia don’t have the same body image crises that bulimic or anorexia nervosa patients exhibit…and in fact, they often have a relatively healthy diet. But they just don’t eat enough of the right type of food to compensate for the heavy physical load they place on their body. It’s actually a relatively easy disorder to treat….in most cases."
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Yeah…Bette & Tina dinner and a adult movie…can’t get any better than that. Glad Shane is home…keep posting…more B&T please…
Wow, you’ve certainly got a grip on what’s drivinf LAra these days. Will she be smart enough to share it with Alice? I hope so because I’m loving the way you’re crafting their relationship…and I’m with Captain, my Captain on B&T!
love the update as always! please post more soon! and thanks for asking, my wrist actually is much better. it hurts every now and then, but for the most part im back no normal! great job on the story! keep it up
Love it love it love it, excellent update and insight into Miss Lara’s issues–I hope she goes home after her exhausting day and gets some lovin’ from Alice. I like how you had Alice not pry Lara for info but instead expressed A’s willingness to be there for L when she comes to terms with things on her own time. Especially since it seems that L is not yet used to sharing really deep emotions, post-Dana. Will she share more soon? Lastly, I agree with SammysGirl that you are crafting this relationship so nicely. They have each others’ backs. And they really dig each other. What a combo. Great Shane and Alice interaction too. Please post again soon, keep it up!
i really like this story. keep it goin.
I’m glad Lara decided to visit a psych. I knew there was more to it. I hope she will be able to recover from it. Some habits don’t die easily (as we could see at the ending of this story…will she get through those 6 hours without fainting?). Will she tell Alice about it? And you gotta love Alice for her straightforwardness when she asked Tina about her and Bette. Btw, I could go on and on about odd music ‘couples’, but I’m afraid I’m going to embarass myself further and further. ;)
Great update, as usual! I thought the therapy scene was really interesting – it’s a great way to find out more about Lara’s character (I only wish that would happen on the show!). I’m looking forward to hearing about the issues underlying Lara’s nightmare about Dana in her next session. I love how you’re interweaving all the other characters’ storylines (Shane’s return, B&T’s reunion) into the background of the main Lace plot. Great job! As for Reunions – I think things are on track to post an update in the next couple of days.
You are doing a great job of characterizing Lara!
Those dreams sound ominous… I like that Alice is giving Lara room to breathe. Thanks for another well-written chapter.
I hope that lara can get though this as her and alice will mke a great pair and they will both need to start speaking about their feelings a bit more and alice talking with lara and not pushing that shows that she cares a lot for lara please post soon great update I love it
In a fine act of betrayal to Tibette, I cared more about the Alice/Lara side of it all than Bette and Tina. This story (and your writing) is really good. Please post again soon.