OBJECT CREATION AND PERSONIFICATION

In this article eating disturbances are understood to be the expressio n of a disturbed personal sphere, evoked a permanent conflict between yearning for symbiotic intimacy and a fear of being abandoned. Eating and not eating are considered to be the same as having or not having a relationship or life and death. The body becomes a transitional objec t in wrestling for autonomy. The personification of food represents an object choice that lessens or even avoids the intimacy/distance confl ict. This happens during the process of trying to reconcile inner and outer reality.