I started fainting as a result of not eating. Suddenly dizzy, I’d see see bright swirling colours, vaguely aware of my body twitching as I’d come around on the floor. On Christmas Day my dad was spending his first Christmas away in a separation from my mother and drove back to London when I was rushed to hospital after I fainted and my hand fell in an open fire. They referred me to a counselor to find out why I was malnourished. It was exactly like being sat in a room with someone who was paid to listen to me.
