“I Don't Think Anorexia Is the Way Out”: Reconstruction of Meaning in Women's Narratives of Anorexia Nervosa over 10 Years

摘要: This article explores how a group of nine Australian women who identified their past or present experiences as anorexia nervosa ascribed meaning to and negotiated identities longitudinally over 10 years. A critical discursive analysis narratives found be troubled, socially constructed category. Within the context talk not confined dominant vocabulary illness, and, time, renegotiated alternative ways speaking depict experiences, including through use metaphor lexicon values. The findings challenge health professionals take greater accountability for problematic effects only in medical paradigm recognize transformative potential privileging voices people experience nervosa, prioritizing terms engaging with