How do I seek help for my EATING DISORDER?
Question by Mads: How do I seek help for my EATING DISORDER?
I’ve been bulimic for 3 1/2 years. I’m 16, 17 in December. I got caught in March 2007, I had told my parents I’d only been doing it for 2 weeks and I promised I wouldn’t ever purge again. They are still convinced that I haven’t done it since then. Getting caught was the most humiliating thing and my mom told me she would take everything away if I ever did it again. I binged/purged a few more times and then quit for about a month. Then I started again. Then I’d stop. I started again. Again and again. In January 2008 my mom scheduled a dental appointment so I stopped. I started again. I can’t stop. I don’t even want to binge, I don’t even want to purge. I hate eating but I do it just to do it. I eat when I’m not hungry. I binge/purge because it is routine. It’s an addiction. My mom is in drug/alcohol rehab right now and this week is family week. The talk about addiction and honesty really opened my eyes and I feel motivated to get help but I don’t want to tell her and add to her issues and cause a possible relapse. I don’t even know if we can afford to get help after paying for my moms help. At the same time though, I am sick. I purged at the rehab center today. About an hour ago I ate five cookies and a pint of strawberry cheesecake ice cream that I didn’t even want and then I purged it in a public restroom. I binge/purge more than once a day. All of my money goes toward food. How do I seek help for this without hurting my moms recovery?
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Answer by livelovelaugh
well its something you do need to take care of. it sounds really serious. but there are alot of young people with your problem. just go to a counselor or a pshyciatrist. they can help you and even though its not medical help, with medicine and all that. they can help you talk through it and figure out why you do it. just maybe go there after school one day and it wont mess up your moms recovery as long as you dont make a big deal out of it and scare her. also at your school there could be some counselors you could talk to. so bascially just try to find soemone to talk to you and take it from there. one step at a time. good luck!!
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