Nothing wrong with being a little selfish. Guys have got a handle on that better than most women I think and therefore don't always tend to take on other peoples battles. I have often been told that I have a tendency to take in 'every lost dog and stray cat'.

Anorexia and now PTSD. Still the link is there. Eastern medicine will confirm for you that the mind is the link to healthy bodies. Hopefully treatment will help her unravel some of the trauma so she can heal.

Plenty of places north of Sydney, I suspect she is talking about the North Shore which are generally beachy suburbs. Very nice place. If you have to live in Sydney, that is one of the nicer places to be. What did her Dad do for a living? Louisiana, now that is a place that I would like to visit......down south if I am right?