Wintergirls part 2

As I have been reading Wintergirls I have began to realize that there is not just an eating disorder that the main character battles with.  The main character, Lia, also battles with interpersonal problems and guilt.  From the readings, she feels guilty that she did not answer her phone for her friend and that she was not there.  Lia has this constant battle with her eating disorder and is constantly counting calories.  Her parents are divorced and it seems that she feels tension from both parents.  Her birth mother is very concerned about her and believes that due to her friend's death she will fall back into her eating disorder and will need to see the therapist. 

There is one person, Elijah, that knows what has possibly happened to  Cassie the night of her death.  When Elijah tries to get a hold of Lia to ask her questions about Cassie, he leaves a message on her answering machine.  Lia ends up driving to the hotel where her friend passed away and eventually meets Elijah, but does not tell him who she is. 

The character, Lia, believes that she is the thinnest and strongest person in the room when describing the girls at school.  I think that she is actually the weakest in the room with a lot of insecurities.  She is mentally weak.  I believe that social media and the environment has an impact on eating disorders in young girls and boys.  Eating disorders can be deathly and a struggle that many people deal with.  This is an important issue that needs to be addressed and I believe that the social media needs to take this into consideration when creating advertisements, etc.