Annie Weisman on Bulimia, Television, Catharsis, and Rude Internal Monologues

Eating disorders are, unfortunately, pretty common. It’s also
pretty common to experience shame and anxiety about them and thus
suffer in silence. Annie Weisman is a veteran playwright and
television writer and producer. From her late teens to age 30,
Annie dealt with bulimia. She was binging and purging and not
telling anyone. Even after she got help for the condition (she
now considers herself to be recovered), she kept quiet about that
part of her history. That is, until she made a TV show called
Physical, which debuted last year. 


In this interview, Annie Weisman talks about taking on the most
painful mental health experiences of her life and translating
them into this show, which stars Rose Byrne as a character not
precisely based on Annie but with a lot in common. She also talks
about the pain of keeping the bulimia a secret and the pain of
those around her when they finally found out.


Watch the first two seasons of Physical on Apple TV+. Follow
Annie Weisman on Twitter @mrsanniemac and on Instagram
@annieweisman.


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