Case 2
Patient: Ira Lee Gathers
Diagnosis: Anorexia Nervosa, Narcissism, Anxiety
NOTES
In mid 2014, unknown Canadian artist Ira Lee Gathers became obsessed with the idea of ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ (German pronunciation: [gə.ˈzamtˌku̇nstˌveɐ̯k] translated to english as ‘total work of art.’ The term was first used by the German writer and philosopher K. F. E. Trahndorff in an essay in 1827. By late july, the previously 265lbs, 6’5 man with size 13 feet, through a ‘self perfection’ regime of chronic starvation, self-induced vomiting, relentless exercise, cartoon violence and severe lack of social interaction, had whittled his body weight to a frightening 195lbs. In September 2014, an emaciated and nearly unrecognizable Gathers (surviving on soup, energy drinks, and black coffee) was charged with assault. Gathers had stabbed a concert promoter’s hand to a table with a salad fork during an argument over money at Montreal’s famous La Banquise. The charges would later be dropped. Between September 04 and October 18th, Gathers would incur over 2,500$ in skateboarding fines for skateboarding inside Montreal’s large interconnected commerical centre ‘Underground City.’
Triggers:
– Social interaction
– Marijuana (Patient must be high and / or drunk to feel ‘hunger’)
– Authority
Aftermath:
On November 1, 2014, Ira Lee Gathers checked into McGill University Health Centre for undisclosed treatments. No further information is available.
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