![]() ![]() But the severe anorexic woman goes to any length to fulfill her distorted goals, even unto death. She will go to any length to fulfill her distorted goals. Nina justifies her theft and places herself above the law. Nina took possession of Beth’s qualities by taking possession of Beth’s property. This particular item only has value to her if she takes it as her rightful property, even if morals, ethics or the law disagree. It doesn’t occur to her to buy it, even if she is buying other items. She uses stealth because others who might see her take the item are suddenly enemies who don’t understand that she needs this item to fulfill herself. She takes the item because, in her mind, it is hers. In each of these disorders, individuals do not have. The sight of it brings up powerful and wonderful feelings in her that fill an emotional deficit she didn’t know could be filled. Eating disorders can take several forms: bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and pica. She sees an item and recognizes it as rightfully hers. But stealing in the mind of the person with the eating disorder does not take fair exchange into account. To pay for an item means that the woman accepts the fact that the item is owned by someone else, and she is required to give something in exchange for it in order to own it herself. They steal clothes and accessories from department stores, often items they could afford to buy. They steal food from shops and condiments from restaurants. Often people with eating disorders steal. She psychologically steals these feelings from Beth because Nina couldn’t develop those qualities within her own self. Wearing them gave Nina a sense of power and achievement. She stole them because she was trying to acquire an aspect of Beth herself. Nina did not steal Beth’s diamond earrings because they were of monetary value, or even because they were pretty. She sees what she imagines is the answer to her deprivation in objects, especially objects owned by someone she admires and envies. Her ability to understand some of her healthy human needs did not develop. She feels a great deprivation and need within her that she doesn’t understand. The person doesn’t steal because she has a criminal mind and seeks to earn her way in the world through theft. Stealing is often a component of an eating disorder. I’m glad the Black Swan filmmakers included Nina’s stealing from the older ballerina, Beth. ![]()
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