, ▁their ▁lives ▁were ▁rig id ly ▁controlled ▁by ▁their ▁parents . ▁ ▁They ▁were ▁largely ▁isolated ▁from ▁the ▁outside ▁world , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁inst illed ▁into ▁them ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁superior ▁to ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁pe ers . ▁It ▁was ▁within ▁these ▁famil ial ▁and ▁social ▁conditions ▁that ▁Sed g wick ▁by ▁her ▁early ▁te ens ▁developed ▁an ▁e ating ▁dis order , ▁sett ling ▁into ▁an ▁early ▁pattern ▁of ▁b inge ing ▁and ▁p urg ing . ▁At ▁age ▁ 1 3 ▁( the ▁year ▁her ▁grand father ▁Henry ▁D w ight ▁Sed g wick ▁died ), ▁Sed g wick ▁began ▁board ing ▁at ▁the ▁Br anson ▁School ▁near ▁San ▁Francisco . ▁According ▁to ▁her ▁older ▁sister ▁Alice ▁" S au cie " ▁Sed g wick , ▁she ▁was ▁soon ▁taken ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁school ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁e ating ▁dis order . ▁Her ▁father ▁sever ely ▁restricted ▁her ▁freedom ▁when ▁she ▁returned ▁home . ▁▁ ▁All ▁the ▁Sed g wick ▁children ▁had ▁conflic ted ▁relationships ▁with ▁their ▁father ▁( wh om ▁they ▁called ▁" F uz zy "). ▁By ▁most ▁accounts , ▁he ▁was ▁n arc iss istic , ▁em otion ally ▁remote , ▁cont rolling , ▁and ▁frequently ▁ab us ive . ▁He ▁also ▁open ly ▁carried ▁on ▁affairs ▁with ▁other ▁women . ▁On ▁one ▁occasion , ▁Ed ie ▁walked ▁in ▁on ▁him ▁while ▁he ▁was ▁having ▁sex ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁mist ress es . ▁She ▁react ed ▁with ▁great ▁surprise , ▁but ▁he ▁claimed ▁that ▁she