When you were discussing her weight loss...part of what you posted said:
. Terri had lost nearly 80 pounds since her marriage and was going to a gyno for diagnosis/treatment of missed menstrual periods, both possible symptoms of an eating disorder.
Could such a weight loss also be tied to depression, anti-anxiety drugs, living with a critical ABUSIVE husband , who obviously deems perfection as extremely important ( and I think Felos has a problem in that area, too! Dispose of the damaged, donchaknow).
Could such a weight loss also be tied to depression, anti-anxiety drugs, living with a critical ABUSIVE husband , who obviously deems perfection as extremely important
You bring up a good point. From all accounts, Terri was extremely self-conscious about her weight long before she met Michael. If Michael has an abusive, controlling personality (and I believe he does), Terri's weight would've been a huge weapon in his systematic campaign to devalue her.
Anecdotally, I knew a woman in a marriage that had some similarities to what we've read about Terri and Michael. She was of average weight, but her husband continually berated her about being fat and unattractive to him. When she'd try to lose weight to please him, he wouldn't acknowledge her weight loss until suddenly one day he'd bark, "You're too skinny! What happened to your a**! You have no a**!" Then she'd start gaining the weight back. Again, no comment, until suddenly "You're so fat! You don't care how you look to me!" During the last month of this marriage, as the wife was taking furtive steps towards getting a divorce, she became nearly unable to eat at all due to her depression. I watched her lose 30 pounds in one month with no intention on her part.
IF Terri did have a potassium imbalance, and IF it was caused from rapid, sustained weight loss, I wouldn't automatically ass/u/me she was bulimic, nor would I assume the potassium imbalance was the sole cause of her cardiac arrest.