Ellen West

Ellen West was a troubled patient of Dr. Ludwig Binswanger who suffered from anorexia nervosa and possibly other mental illness. She became a famous example of existential analysis who committed suicide at age 33 by poisoning.

Read more about Ellen West:  Life, Death, Existential Psychology and Humanistic Psychology, Poetry

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    When choosing between two evils, I always like to pick the one I never tried before.
    —Mae West (1892–1980)