Please help–How do I recover from bulimia?

Question by alysha a: Please help–How do I recover from bulimia?
i’m so afraid of having a heart attack someday. i just realized how many months i have been binging and purging, about six months. i developed it as a coping mechanism for all the horrible shit that started going on in my life all at once, my suicide attempts, my trips in and out of the hospital. all that is over now and i feel as though i’m finally starting to recover from my dark depression, except for one thing: i’m left with this addiction. how do i break the cycle? my parents know about it but they don’t feel it’s necessary to put me in the hospital for it. i don’t want to go to the hospital either; i know that if i go there for an eating disorder, it won’t help because other people are controlling me and it will only make me want to have more control over my life and it will only make me relapse more. this is something i need to do on my own. i need inner strength. how do i stop? i’m so afraid, so very afraid. please help, i tried to walk up some stairs today and i couldn’t do it

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Answer by LoveBug6912
No unfortunately you do need to go to the hospital for this. There are many rehabilitation clinics that can help you. While you may feel like they are controlling you, if you are truly serious about your problem and wanting it to be fixed then you need professional help. They will help you set up your diet and help you to stay on it. I don’t know how old you are but you spoke pf your parents so I’m guessing you are a teenager! I went through this, and I got help. My parents didn’t want to acknowledge my problem but I did and I chose to go to a rehab clinic and they helped me. You really need to tell your parents that you want to get professional help because wether they like it or not you have an illness and an addiction that you alone cannot fox. PLEASE get the necessary help.

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