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why was she peeing standing up


Was I cinfused ir did they show nina peeing standing up @ one point.

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I'm pretty sure she was peeing too! I put it down to her being quite OCD.

... this is a maid speaking by the way

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No, she was definitely throwing up. She's such a nervous character that she throws up several times in the movie.

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No, she was definitely throwing up. She's such a nervous character that she throws up several times in the movie.


i thought it was alluding to the prominence of eating disorders and body image issues within the profession.

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The first time, it could very well be self-induced. Second time, it's likely the result of pre-show nerves and a bad hangover. Final time, who wouldn't throw up after seeing such a gruesome image? In all likelihood, however, I think her disordered eating was limited to anorexia. There's no other signs pointing to bulimia (i.e. fingers, laxatives, ipecac, etc.)

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Nina definitely was mostly throwing up because of stress and anxiety. It's a sign if repulsion, and can be considered an eating disorder. I've known someone who was "involuntary bulimic", throwing up made them feel better for just that moment.
She had a constant pit in her stomach and the nausea stemmed from true repulsion from untended mental anguish. This girl also was abandoned by her mother, when a baby is abandoned by its mother it won't eat.
I understand Nina. She needed love and got it from no one.

A person hates you because they either wanna be you, see you as a threat, or hate themself

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No one with OCD would ever put their bag on a public bathroom floor like she did! That set my OCD off big time!!!

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She used her foot to flush the toilet. I been doing that for a long time. And put up and down the toilet seat. hahaha

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