Today, after I skipped dessert for the third day in a row, my mom cornered me and accused me of being anorexic. I'm actually not far off being clinically obese and I'm just trying to diet, but nothing I say will convince her. She wants me to see a psychiatrist about a disorder I don't even have. FML
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Today, I told my mom that I think I’m anorexic and she told me she didn’t care. When I asked why, in disbelief she replied, "Honey, you are 5’3 and over 350 lbs, at this point you NEED to be anorexic." FML
Today, I'm staying with my mother for a week. Every time I eat something, she tells me that it's "swimsuit season" and that I need to eat less. Every time I say I'm not hungry, she panics and insists I have an eating disorder. I can't win. FML
Today, my mom accused me of having an eating disorder, and I didn't correct her. Truth is, I lost weight after I went off the pill a year ago. I'm too embarrassed to tell my mom that I haven't had anyone in a year. FML
Today, I admitted to my parents that I have an eating disorder. Instead of trying to help, my mom stared at me and said, "Duh". FML
Today, I felt sick to my stomach, so I told my mother I didn't want to eat dinner. She started accusing me of being anorexic, so I ate a little bit anyway to make her stop. I then threw up, only for her to take it as confirmation that I have an eating disorder. FML
Today, I told my mom that I'm bulimic and have been for a few years, and that I needed help. She responded by saying, "Well that's clearly not working for you. Why don't you try anorexia?" She then patted me on the head, smiled, and walked away. FML
Today, my morbidly obese mother gave me an angry lecture at dinner, saying without any trace of irony that my vegetarian diet is "unhealthy and utterly unacceptable". FML
Today, I finally broke down and told my mom that I'd relapsed with my eating disorder. She told me to quit whining and eat a burger, because she didn't want to pay for another therapy session. FML
Today, my mom asked me if I had an eating problem because I've been eating less. I only started eating less because she told me I ate too much. FML
Today, while at my mom’s house, my mom told me that I need to seriously curb my food intake. Then I went to my dad’s house and he told me I need to gain weight. I can’t win here. FML
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emeraldisle 30
Sounds like your mum needs to see a therapist as well.
nicole1765 14
Sounds like a more extreme version of my mom. When I was younger and tried to diet, my mom always thought i was starving myself.
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sunrise_citly 4
OP, you should just go to the psych, anyway. Any proper medic should soon realize that you're not the one with a problem here, your mum is. If you're a minor, someone can still step in and take the necessary steps to make sure you both get treatment. You get a nutritionist, she gets the psych.
EspyPsyche 11
Go, and tell the doc all about how your mom beats you. That'll make her stop.
dapussyslayer 7
just agree to therapy and if you arent anorexic (which is a mental order causing one to believe they are undesirable "borderline obese" etc.) then she'll be admitted for therapy under state orders lol
JackFaire 27
Go. Seriously Go. My folks shoved me into therapy because they kept catching me "doing drugs" or rather they found evidence someone was doing drugs and my older brother kept saying it was me. Getting a therapist to tell them to back the hell off worked better than my telling them nothing was up. And if you're struggling with obesity and your mom is in denial about it a therapist could help.