Eugenia Cooney: Eating Disorders and the Devastation of Anorexia

[Mister Obvious]

She's been sheltered since she was a little kid, has no friends, and therefore doesn't know what normal life and behavior is like.

Odds are, she has no idea what has been done to her.

Reminds me of the Turpins...

"13 victims, ages 2 to 29, kept shackled in foul Perris, CA home by parents"
https://www.sectual.com/thread-4911.html

Jordan has stated how fearful she was that if her escape didn't bring help, her parents would kill her.

The scary thing about cases like this is we only hear about the ones who get discovered. This has happened to thousands of children and it's probably happening right this moment, and we might not hear about it for years, if it even gets discovered at all.

It's incredible that even with a very limited vocabulary (due to the conditions she lived) and no outside experience she manages to handle the situation really well. She is such a wonderful and smart woman.

Her voice has changed so much in four years. It just goes to show how much the abuse just stunted their growth both physically and emotionally.

I can't believe she was 17 during that call. She sounds like a young child. I can’t imagine the horror she and her siblings lived through.

Just listening to her vocabulary while she is desperately trying to explain her thoughts/emotions with what she's been taught and learned — it's just heartbreaking.

She said "I've never talked to anybody out there" to the deputy. The fact that she said "out there" just shows she never ever went outside. Absolutely heartbreaking.

She didn't know what medication, bruises or injuries were. This is a tragedy of epic proportions. I gotta say that I'm proud of her for taking control of how this could end. All survivors should be proud & glad to see another survivor grab the reins.

I truly can't get over that she's 33 here. She looks sounds and has the innocence of a teenager, and yet she's so broken and traumatized. Bless her sweet heart.

She is so seemingly young and innocent for 33 but you can see how traumatic it was in her eyes the whole time.

Chilling parallels.

And of course, all of the siblings had been so purposely malnourished since childhood that their bodies had stopped growing.