Understanding

By nothanks - 22/08/2010 13:42 - United States

Today, after struggling with an eating disorder and hiding my symptoms for months, I got up the courage to tell my mom that I need help. Then she asked if an ice cream would make me feel better. FML
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XxKate1294xX 0

If someone has an eating disorder..how do you think they'll answer that no matter how thin they actually are?

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mn_girl 0

nothanks, I don't know if you'll actually ever read this, but on the offshot that you do.... Stay strong. Eating disorders are an illness (despite what others may think). You did the right thing by going to your mom for support. I'm sorry she didn't support you. I went through the struggles of an eating disorder, too. I struggled with it for 2 years before finally seeking help. Now, 4 years later, I am finally to the point where I am moving on and living life without the eating disorder. Like I said, I don't know if you'll even see this, but if you do.....I saw that you are from Minnesota too. Park Nicolette has an amazing eating disorders treatment center called Melrose Institute. I strongly suggest that you give them a call. I had tried so many things and they were finally able to help me get better and move past my eating disorder. Stay strong, life will get better and you will beat your eating disorder.

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elizabethjuillet_fml 0

go minnesota! woo! :) but anyways, maybe you should call a local help line to get help with your disorder.

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goatless 0

ask her if you calling her a bitch would make her feel better

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fr3cks 0

lucky for you, you seem to be doing it for attn - "...symptoms for MONTHS. I got up the courage...". you'll be fine.

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bigsc 0

you can't hide being fat. you can, however hide the fact that you never eat, or throw up right after. op obviously thinks she's fat, therefore won't eat anything, and her mom offering an ice cream proves she doesn't understand. that's why its fyl

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mn_girl 0

nothanks, I don't know if you'll actually ever read this, but on the offshot that you do.... Stay strong. Eating disorders are an illness (despite what others may think). You did the right thing by going to your mom for support. I'm sorry she didn't support you. I went through the struggles of an eating disorder, too. I struggled with it for 2 years before finally seeking help. Now, 4 years later, I am finally to the point where I am moving on and living life without the eating disorder. Like I said, I don't know if you'll even see this, but if you do.....I saw that you are from Minnesota too. Park Nicolette has an amazing eating disorders treatment center called Melrose Institute. I strongly suggest that you give them a call. I had tried so many things and they were finally able to help me get better and move past my eating disorder. Stay strong, life will get better and you will beat your eating disorder.

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RoseScarlett 0

82, I have an eating disorder and what you said really made me feel better and more confident that I can beat this horrible disorder :)

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frostical3 0

82, i have had an eating disorder and am just coming out of it. i still have days when i restrict my eating, and i still count calories, but i do eat. but my parents have been really supportive, so were my friends, so i ust sort of got over it, i was in a very bad place for a while... bmi of 15, and im male. the profesional help didnt really help much, butmy friends' support realy got me through. i just hope you get over it soon, i just found out that a few 100 calories every now and then isnt going to make me fat, its the permanent changes you make to your eating habbits that do. jus take the view that you dont want to lose any more weight, and hopefully you'll be alright. your metabolism actually gets boosted if you eat, you feel better, you lok better (i was really thin and gaunt and white, my ands were always cold). now that i eat, i maintain a healthy, but still pretty low weight, and i have regained my body. (i do go to the gym every other day...) but tl;dr, stay strong, you will get over it, believe me.

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x805xUnknown 6

#1, And #2 made me laugh, Hehe.

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bobsanction 18

Eating disorders aren't real. YDI for being a bitch.

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nerdsgetmehot 22

#93 Just because you've never experienced one doesn't mean that they aren't real. Mental disorders are very real even though you can't "see" them.

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Crystal_Dreams 0

Saying E.D's aren't real is the same as saying Schizophrenia isn't real, or Alzheimers. Do you believe that? It's actually been discovered that Eating Disorders are caused by (well, connected with) some chemical inbalance in the brain. So yes, it is just your thoughts, thinking you're fat, but it's also an actual, physical problem, something wrong in the brain.

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