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Why did Faye's dad kill himself?

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jesslc:

--- Quote from: Eddie 88 on 14 Jun 2013, 12:09 ---I'm curious how you'd explain her negative body-image and general negative attitude towards sex itself, if there was no sexual abuse.

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I honestly find it hard to believe that someone would think that Faye's negative body image can only be explained by sexual abuse. Seriously?

Something like 95%+ of women have negative body image. I don't see Faye's negative body image as anything even remotely unusual. It's certainly no worse than one of the skinniest friends I have constantly complaining that her thighs are too fat. (This friend takes the smallest size of women's clothing you can buy in the shops in Australia). Or other female friends going on about things they don't like about their body/their weight/their looks. In my experience women who don't have issues with their body are few and far between in this world. Frankly Dora and Raven are the unusual ones for not having body image issues.

If you are not a woman you might not see this constant "putting-themselves-down-thing" that women do as much as I do as I don't think women are (in general) as disparaging about themselves around men as they are around other women. But a large percentage of women do this all the time. Faye's behaviour is not unusual.

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Sitnspin has already said everything I have to say on the subjects of suicide and mental illness. So I will just direct you to re-read her excellent posts for my opinion on those things... :)

Is it cold in here?:
Even Dora has had body image problems, related to her bust size.

quix0te:
It seems likely Faye doesn't know how to moderate her emotions or responses (or has chosen not to learn, and structures her life so she doesn't have to).  While there may be a connection between her father's psychological problems and her own, its also possible that its also genetic.  Her father may also have lacked an emotional setting lower than a nine.  When I try and visualize a male version of Faye, I end up with a rageball, which actually doesn't sound like a candidate for suicide.  But maybe his lack of impulse control left him with a life so barren and miserable, he ended it.  Suicide rates for divorced men in their 40's and 50's are surprisingly high.

Carl-E:
Some midlife crises end worse than others. 

Is it cold in here?:
Hmm! Thought provoking.

Rage can take more than one form, and notice that The Pugnacious Peach's alcohol problem was arguably self-harm.

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