Today, I decided I need help, so I confessed to my mother that I'm bulimic. After she looked it up online she started screaming at me for "Wasting food that I'm not paying for." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 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, 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 mother called me a "wasteful child" because I threw up my lunch. 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, 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, 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
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, my step-mom asked if I was having some eating issues. I admitted that maybe I've picked up some bad habits from friends and school. Now she won't stop bombarding me with self-help books and therapy websites. FML
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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mcgoldy 0
OP, I'm sorry 90% of the people in this thread are being assholes. I'm a recovering bulimic myself and I know how hard it can be. If your mom doesn't understand, please seek therapy so you have someone to listen to you and help you through these difficult times. And to everyone giving her crap for "wasting food middle Eastern kids could eat," it's not as though she's physically stealing food from underprivileged. Her not throwing up her pizza isn't going to buy one for a refugee camp. If you're so concerned about starvation, donate food or money or time to charities helping them instead of sitting around mocking someone on the internet. You might think you're Mother Theresa, but bitching on FML isn't putting food on anybody's plate.
oohla32 0
Lame. That sucks that your mother did not react how you needed her to. I hope she comes to be more supportive. I wish you the best in your recovery.
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drkwlf 0
Maybe, just maybe.. You should stop being a fatass. And if you aren't, stop thinking you are one (: See, I wish you wouldn't have asked for help so you could just eventually die. Survival of the fittest, amirite. No seriously, **** off. Anyone with 'mental' illnesses that are completely bogus should really just go die already. I don't give a damn what you say, and go ahead and act like I don't care for anyone with a problem - but depression, anorexia, and bulimia are all BULLSHIT.
theshinepolice 0
youarewrong survival of the fittest means that those who create the most offspring survive, not people who make fun of bulimic people on FML are better than them. go to a biology class. i hate when people say "survival of the fittest" in that context, that's social darwinism, and that doesn't really get people anywhere.
z411811 0
Actually survival of the fittest is not whoever creates the most offspring survives it exactly what is says. I like how you just googled survival of the fittest and clicked the first one( wikipedia). Here is the exact quote from it "An interpretation of the phrase "survival of the fittest" to mean "only the fittest organisms will prevail" (a view sometimes derided as "Social Darwinism") is not consistent with the actual theory of evolution. Any individual organism which succeeds in reproducing itself is "fit" and will contribute to survival of its species, not just the "physically fittest" ones, though some of the population will be better adapted to the circumstances than others. A more accurate characterization of evolution would be "survival of the fit enough." If we did not have people to help out bulimics and they werent strong enough to survive it on their own it would be the end of them.Their mind is not fit enough to survive and nutural selection ensues.
theshinepolice 0
well, that might be true, but we are more advanced than just leaving people behind, if we can find a way to fix things like this, why not? and people aren't pathetic just because they aren't perfect. no one is perfect so complaining about how this girl is "pathetic" is just not productive. and it is very possible that mental diseases aren't bullshit, body parts have glitches, so how come the part of your brain that controls thought can't be one of them? and sometimes people have things happen to them that they cannot control, and they get sad, get in a funk, and do illogical things. and for people that say they don't do stupid things when they are really sad mad at least SOMETIMES are kidding themselves. those things might not be as extreme as bulimia, no one can be logical, strong and independent every second of their lives, especially when bad things happen. and you don't know what caused this girl to be bulimic, she could have had something awful happen to her to trigger it, so you can't just assume they are inferior.
theshinepolice 0
well people waste water everyday, and i bet the people who complain about her wasting food also waste water which many children in 3rd world countries can't drink safely. you can do it in many ways, long showers, leaving the faucet on, etc, so don't judge others. americans, where many commenters come from, i heard actually use more water for showers than many other countries, i may be wrong, but if im not, stop bitching about her bulimia. so we'll take our showers and be careless about water, and let her do what SHE does.
breathofawen 0
Perhaps your mom was in shock, and saying things that she didn't mean? I don't know; confessing something like self-harm suddenly can have unpredicted results. Push for therapy. If you can't get it through your mother, try a help group. Ask your doctor for a referral. Bulimia is a very serious thing and you need to stop, period. Realistically, you need to be dedicated enough to getting better that what your mom says can't stop you. (It's not that I'm unsympathetic, but bulimia doesn't resolve itself. Other people can't force a bulimic to get better. They have to make the choice and focus their willpower to change.)
epicFAIL7 0
No wonder you have issues with a mother like that.
bubblybrooke 12
actually, depression is caused by a chemical inbalance in your brain. it's not bullshit. just to clear that up. :)
drkwlf 0
Also, bulimia is an excuse. And people who think it should qualify as a 'mental disorder' will probably, some time in the future, be able to say they have a 'mental disorder' for caring - equally as retarded. Seriously. Mental disorders are a ******* EXCUSE to make people feel better about their lame-ass weakness. In fact, I'm sure people who were bulimic/ect. are the ones that made the shit up about mental disorders in the first place. 'Cause what you all are saying is that they're guilty.. guilty enough to make up some whack story to make themselves feel better (: *******. Die.
MeganB_fml 0
I hope no one in your family ever suffers from a mental illness... Only then will you understand. Ignorant ****. Get off your computer and go read a book.
drkwlf 0
Oh I'm sure. Oh wait.. I DO have someone in my family who claims to have a 'mental illness' and wait.. I STILL think it's bullshit. **** off.
MeganB_fml 0
lol! What is your deal? You're so negative! Ok right on there, dark wolf, I'll go **** off so you can spread the word about mental illness being a joke.
Schizo_fml 0
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giganticbrain 0
Agreed.
z411811 0
lol
cLaAaNdEsTiNe 0
HAHA omg i laughed because i could totally picture my mom saying that. but sorry about your disorder :[ i wish you the best of luck in getting help
Whatevers_clever 0
Bulimia and Anorexia are two things that piss me off. I can't stand people who don't eat just to look good. I have a relative of mine who's bulimic and she bitches at everything when there's NOTHING wrong with her life, she became bulimic so she could be a tad more skinnier so she can ***** herself around more and wanted people to pity her. Since her life isn't bad, she creates this bs shit. I had eating problems when I was younger but I never starved myself or threw up because I wanted to. I feel bad for people that have cancer or tumor since it wasn't their choice, not when people ******* make THEMSELVES sick. What a bunch of morons. Go eat a ******* meal and be grateful you have food in your life. There's people in the world that can't afford milk.
z411811 0
thank you
z411811 0
Thank you