at this particular type of narrative truth is considered to be pathological is that it diverges so dramatically from historical truth. Another way of stating this is that the reason that the anorexic's narrative truth is considered to be pathological is that it diverges so dramatically from other people's narrative truths. (The distinction here is, in the first case, between subjective and objective truths and, in the latter, between competing subjective truths.)
Anorexics act on their narrative truth ("I am fat") as if it were historical truth (This individual is 5'2" and ways 300 pounds and suffers from a number of ailments that are associated with obesity, i
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