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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Top comments
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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Comments (372)
JapanesyBreezy 0
80% of the people on here are trolls (read:*******) who hate everything serious. What else is new?
krissi3 0
should not let you eat... when your starving you'll it and keep it down
steve16890 5
exercise if you think ur so fat, stop hurting ur body cu ur lazy, btw ur mother totally has the right to e pissed
miss2kute31 0
For the people saying " Buliema and anorexia is not about them wanting to be thin" stfu because it is. People eat and eat and eat then feel bad that they've eaten so much so they throw up their food. It IS about the fear of being fat OR becoming fat. They look into the mirror and THINK they are fat no matter how many times people tell them that they AREN'T! It has a lot to do with self esteem and self image. It is a very serious matter but should definitely NOT be compared to schizophrenia! Also, you claim its a disorder that people "can't help themselves" but there are thousands of overweight people who eat too much. Some of them are depressed so they eat even more to comfort their depression and in some ways to them its like easing the depression down a bit. Wouldn't you say that's a mental disorder too then? But overweight people always get made fun of WITHOUT people knowing their situation. NOBODY knows OPs situation, so we shouldn't judge. But overweight people are easily told "go eat a salad fatass" or "go to the gym fatass" but the whole world will explode telling an anorexic or bulimic person to just eat healthier?
vllybll1309 0
Almost everyone commenting on this is horribly insensitive. My mom did the same thing to me when I told her I was bulimic, and it's miserable. Bulimia isn't a choice, it's a disease, and not one to make fun of. I'm so sorry about everything.
grapes1414 0
Your a uneducated moron
nicolebabyy 4
What a nice mother.
xNephilim 19
Eat your mom and throw her up. Not a waste at all. Just kidding. Seriously though, find a more supportive adult to help you get through this. Maybe an aunt, or your dad, or hell, maybe a classmate. It really doesn't matter, as long as you get help. Good luck.
rainbowpanda123 4
Oh my god! Thats so horibble! I hope you get better :) stay strong
lkhardin 13
Guys shut up about the starving children. This person obviously just needs a little help.