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eionam
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Hi

My name is Mireia and i'm an actress from Barcelona. This morning I contacted Napac Centre, who talked to me about this place. I'm writting here because i'm currently preparing a role for a film in Spain, and my character is a young bulimic girl, who has been sexually abused by her father since she was a child.

I personally suffered of anorexia for few months one year and half ago, but it was linked to a completely different cause, so I was wondering if maybe someone would like to share their story with me, because i think it's such an important thing to be fully understood and performed in a way that is close to reality. And it's always better to know it from someone who had suffered it.

I understand it's something very delicate and you can explain me whatever you feel comfortable to talk about. I would never use anything you would tell me and I'm able to talk by Skype or face to face i can invite you for a coffee.

My character behaves radically, aggressively with extreme and dangerous sexual practices and self-harm. She is bulimic under the pretext "she needs to be skinny to always be liked".

I'm asking this because i wouldn't like people to watch her and think "wow, she's crazy", i want people to get to understand her and use this character to approach a little bit more this terrible subject. To do so I feel I need to know more about it, not only scientifically, but through people who know how it is for real.

I hope this all make sense. I live in London at the moment, and I can go anywhere at anytime.

Than you very much.

Mireia
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