The Toxic Shocker Women's Emotional Awareness Is Often Regarded As a Strength, yet Analysing Problems Obsessively Can Trap Them in a 'Toxic Triangle' of Yo-Yo Eating, Booze and Angst. So Should They Think More Like Men?

The Herald › March 27, 2006

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JILL, a 30-year-old executive at a large bank, ruled herself with a rod of iron. From Monday until Thursday, she tightly controlled what she ate and drank - toast and black coffee for breakfast; salad for lunch; a starter-sized diet ready-meal for dinner. Alcohol was banned.

But, by Thursday, pressure was building beneath the lid she had tightly crammed on to her cravings. Her sense of control was being replaced with feelings of frustration and defeat. Why wasn't she more fulfilled in her job? Why wasn't she in a relationship? And what was the point of all this self-control just to stay skinny and work long hours?

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The Toxic Shocker Women's Emotional Awareness Is Often Regarded As a Strength, yet Analysing Problems Obsessively Can Trap Them in a 'Toxic Triangle' of Yo-Yo Eating, Booze and Angst. So Should They Think More Like Men?

On Thursday night she would come home from work feeling tired but restless and wanting a drink. She'd allow herself one glass of wine, but that was gone before dinner, so she'd pour herself another. Suddenly the ready-meal was not enough, so she'd get out a large bag of crisps or a packet of biscuits. Taking them a...

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