"There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore."
-Laurie Halse Anderson
My name is Maria Pamela Pelaez and I am an IB Psychology student in the American School of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In class, we have been learning about mental disorders and I have decided to do some independent research on the eating disorder: Anorexia Nervosa. Anorexia has always been a complex matter with much more than just wanting to be skinny. I decided to do such research in order to explore its elements and finally be able to understand what it really means to be anorexic.