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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deliapearl 0
there is a lot of info on the 'net, and some of it is wrong. maybe ur mom said that bcuz she found bad info.
baller789 0
I love u mike. It's not a mental illnes because if it was than more men would have it then the little that do. It's stupid ******* women who think they need to be skinny to look good when obviously they're just ugly and hopeless. Just be ugly this way less money is wasted and your not pissing people off about wasting food when people out there are hungry. Seriously it's the stupidest "illness" I ever heard of just sit on your hands or something and it's obviously for the ugly girls who never get laid. I hear surgery is a good option. Make me a sandwich
waterynuggets 0
This is quite possibly one of the most retarded comments I've ever seen. But you're trollin' hard anyways.
theshinepolice 0
oh jeez, maybe its because women have more pressure to look pretty? magazines, TV, and idk retarded ******* men who degrade women and measure their worth on their bodies? and im not saying all men, but come on, judging on movies and TV commercials, wrong messages are being sent out to women about what men expect of them, so some women might think its ALL men. so maybe when stupid razor and beer and weight loss commercials are changed, and all the other things bombarding women to be skinny, i will stop bithcing. it would be like women saying "mostly MEN are on steroids because they're dumbass meatheads" but body image and media affects those men just as much. so stop being a dumb troll
fudrick 0
@#220 You'd say that, and it'd be true. Men who do steroids are doing it because of the image. But no one complains of that. Steroid use isn't considered a mental illness that people are born with. It's ******* feminism that makes everyone believe that anything that happens to women is because of sexism and comes up with bullshit like bulimia being an uncontrollable disease.
letitbe56 0
Yeah, Princess Diana was an ugly girl who couldn't get laid. Right.
theshinepolice 0
270, i agree women and men are both EQUALLY capable of giving in to the media. steroid addicts should also get help with everyone else who has issues with their bodies and do dangerous things because of it. im not sure if bulimia is a disease, it seems to me more like a mindset, so im not trying to say that i have more sympathy for women than men. and these mindsets can be reinforced by anyone like a mom telling her daughter that she's a blimp or something like that, so women can be bulimic for reasons other than sexism. so i don't hate men and over-glorify women and think they are always the victim of sexism, that troll just ticked me off.
Jaguaress 2
OP, I hope that you get the help you need. The way your mother reacted was awful, and it just shows even more that you need support from somewhere else, because your mother doesn't know how to give it. Rather than caring that her child is battling a disorder that has killed people, she's worried about the cost of food you've eaten. I feel for you. Definitely pursue getting help, even if your mother isn't part of your wellness program. (Like ask a counselor at school, or perhaps your doctor for a referral if necessary.) Good luck.
blorgassborg 1
Wow what a ******* waste. Also why is FML for 12 year olds?
backstagebitch 0
The binge part of the binge/purge cycle isn't just a case of someone "being a pig." Being a pig is eating a huge burger, fries, and drinking a milkshake. A binge consists of eating thousands and thousands of calories, sometimes even upwards of ten thousand. It both is spurred by and causes intense anxiety and panic attacks so please people who are acting like it's no big deal, leave the frak off.
roflcopterzzz 0
Here's a tip: PUT DOWN THE GODDAMN FORK!
Jazzywrites007 2
FACE!
Puolukka 4
Yes...so why don't you start making some money and send it off
rayrayy_fml 0
This made me LOL. Her reaction is so ridiculous, it's actually funny. Anyway, if your Mom doesn't want to help you, seek therapy! Everyone on here saying you're wasting food, and blah-blah-blah about the Eastern kids...You were seeking help! You want it to stop, it's not like you're being a bitch about it and eating all the world's food just to throw it up. :[ You're doing the right thing by trying to help yourself. Hold in there and don't let jerks like these sway your progress! :D
elfuzzo 0
You're an idiot. Seriously. It's not that hard to just stop shoving your fingers down your throat. I agree completely with your mother.
sarabareillesrox 0
It becomes a conditioned reaction, your body starts to regurgitate food automatically after eating.
LoveItOrLeaveIt 0
Im happy you told someone about it, Smart choice, your mom is right..but could have taken a better route, Anyway, I hope you get better :)