Entry #: 23 |
Entry Date: 2009-05-02 05:20:12
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Mr. Divine |
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Visitor Comments: Hiya
Good luck in the forthcoming week |
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Entry #: 22 |
Entry Date: 2009-03-06 09:34:23
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Jude |
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| Visitor Comments: Hi Madz and Emma, thanks for commenting! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Well, Emma, it's hard to say if I have anything left of it with me now. I know I did for many years, but bear in mind I'm pretty old now (nearly 22...) and the further away I get from that experience the more it fades. Sometimes I can hardly believe it was me who lived that stuff. On the other hand, I do have OCD and I suspect I always will, which was pretty closely linked to it for me. I'm guessing you're the perfectionist type, kind of hard on yourself, high standards? Well, that never goes away...and I'd be lying if I said I didn't control my weight pretty strictly.
As to the characters: some were inspired by real people, others were an amalgamation of different people put together, and some were entirely fictional. I'm afraid I lost contact with most of the people I knew when I was hospitalized, which is kind of a shame, but that's life for you...
Stay well. Best wishes to all.
Jude |
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Entry #: 21 |
Entry Date: 2009-03-05 13:01:35
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Emma |
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my bebo |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: Hi, I read your book "monkey taming" (well, obviously.) and I thought it was amazing, I could relate to you and your character in some ways. I suffered from it when I was 15, and it was my mum that tried to hardest to be there for me, it actually brought us closer even though we argued non-stop. Haha! I feel fine now, but yet, I feel it's hard to forget about it. I feel as even though I'm eating like a regular person, it's still on my mind, it's weak, but it's still lingering. I'm just strong enough to ignore it now! Has any of your anorexic habits kept with you? Maybe a certain way you eat or do something? And are any of those characters in the clinic related to real people? If so, I'd really love to know how they are now. |
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Entry #: 20 |
Entry Date: 2009-02-04 05:37:58
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Madz |
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| Visitor Comments: Hi! I read your book 'Monkey Taming' when a friend recommended it. It's an absolutely brilliant book, and gave me a brilliant insight into anorexia and bulimia. It's really quite worrying and scary. Especially combined with OCD. Thank You for giving me a better look into this situation! xxx |
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Entry #: 19 |
Entry Date: 2009-01-18 14:01:52
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Jude |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: Hey Rhiannon, I do stop by here and read the comments when I get time, and responses like yours are pretty much the best things I can hope for as a writer. I don't get to update the site as much as I'd like because I'm computer illiterate and I usually have to get my brother to help me. Sounds to me like you have made the decision to recover. That's the hardest part. Keep your chin up, it's going to be worth it x |
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Entry #: 18 |
Entry Date: 2009-01-14 17:27:53
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Rhiannon |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: hey judith i dont now if you are goin to read this but id just like to say thanks for writing monkey taming, i suffer from anorexia and your book has provided a lifeline for me, it made me realise that i can get better and there is still hope! thanks again and good luck with the new book and your future x |
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Entry #: 17 |
Entry Date: 2009-01-14 16:43:47
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Rhiannon |
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Entry #: 16 |
Entry Date: 2009-01-02 09:26:55
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Jude |
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Visitor Comments: Hi everyone, thanks for writing in my guestbook, and thank you to Helen for your questions. I will try to answer as best I can.
There are some people who say it is not possible to recover from anorexia and that you only ever learn to live with it. I do not agree with this. There may be some people who, for whatever reason, never find it possible to make a full recovery, but there are also some, including me, who reach a point in life when it is possible for them to truthfully state that they do not have an eating disorder. I am still a perfectionist, I still control my weight strictly, I am still hard on myself, but all of these things operate within the spectrum of 'normal' behaviour. I do not have anorexia nervosa and I believe - though I cannot, of course, guarantee - that I will never suffer from it again. I sincerely hope that your daughter will reach this same place, however it will be a long, hard journey and - this I stress - she must want to recover more than anything else. I believe the sufferer has to come to a point where he or she says 'enough - however bad, hard, terrible recovery is, I am prepared to endure it because I choose to have a life other than anorexia'. What did your daughter love before the illness? What did she want to do with her life? She has to understand that remaining anorexic means you give up everything. Friends, family, hobbies, career plans...if a person genuinely believes that anorexia is more important than any of those things, I'm afraid that I cannot help that person. I do not know how. But if they decide, as I hope your daughter will, that anorexia is not worth all that, then full recovery becomes possible.
As to your other question - I am as apalled, horrified and terrified by terrorism as most people, but I do not know that my ethnicity gives me the authority and understanding to say anything that other people cannot say better. Actually, terrorism is one of the issues under discussion in the book I am currently working on, but it is only my subjective reaction to the circumstances that led up to me writing this (which involved a lot of travel).
I hope some of this has been of use, anyway, and I hope to hear from you again.
With best wishes to you and your family
Judith Fathallah |
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Entry #: 15 |
Entry Date: 2008-12-16 10:46:59
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HELEN |
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| Visitor Comments: Hi Jude, I am the mother of a girl who suffers from anorexia. I wish she will make full recovery as you did - did you? Is that monkey taming or monkey killing forever? My daughter says you can only learn to live with this, but it stays with you. Is it? How it is for you? Does it play any role in your life now? I like your book and you can do a lot of good supporting these poor souls who suffer from anorexia. Also, being half-Arab, may be you can raise your voice against hatred, violence and terrorism? Or it is too scary and Muslim terrorists will do something bad to you in that case? All the best, it would be nice if you will find time to answer my questions. Regards, Helen |
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Entry #: 14 |
Entry Date: 2007-11-06 14:24:27
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nicky |
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pickled_possum |
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10 |
| Visitor Comments: Your first book was aswome!!!!!!!!!! i really enjoyed it nd i have been recommendin it to my friends!!!! 
Can you write some more coz i like ur decsriptive style of writting. WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO! |
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Entry #: 13 |
Entry Date: 2007-10-18 09:18:11
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Meg |
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10 |
Visitor Comments: lol kl! hope all goes well (Y)
i lent Monkey Taming to a couple of my friends recently, and they both loved it too  |
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