for anyone with an eating disorder...

My friend became anorexic in the beginning of high school. A few friends and I did as much as we could to get her to eat and had talked to her mother about it, but she was in denial. We're now in our 3 rd year of college, and she now has 5 autoimmune diseases. The same as people in their 50s! She has chrons disease, ulcerative colitis, leaky gut syndrome, etc. She has finally come to terms with what she has done to her body, but it's too late to fix the problems she's caused. It's been horrible to watch her life spiral out of control. If you have an eating disorder, PLEASE get help! Don't think you are not harming your body, there are long term consequences.

[Libby2999]

I did starve myself and part of me still wants to. Take it from me, it's a constant battle with yourself. She's probly screaming at herself too, and the bigger rule: saying "just eating somthing!" will NOT work at all. She will have to start small. After I did long starves I couldn't eat much. As I shrunk my stomach and a few bites of noodles made me feel like I was over eating, not to mention I cryed as I ate sometimes. She probly binged a few times and only ends up hating herself. To fix the physical you must fix the pyslogical. Shed calling for help, she knows it bad, don't tell her that she knows it's bad, that will just hurt. What got me to turn around was camp. I when to a resident camp and it was normal for someone to not like the meal and eat little that meal. But they ussaly came around and ate a ton at the next meal. For me I worked hard and worked up a apittie, but I did try to not eat. I whent the first day with out eating. Then I relized that everyone else ate. Also people were questing me, they told me I looked scaryly unhealthy. After talking to a close friend she said I looked anorexic. I pointed out "didn't you just see me eat a plate full of taco salad?" she came back "you could just eat to prove a point but you still could be anoxic" I liked how she never 100% said I was, so no one pushed me a whole lot. Although I could tell they paid some attention the first few days. Then we whent swimming. Getting in a swim suit was like hell to me. I worse a 1 piece so they couldn't see my ribs. I also did have my bikini that I wanted to wear to show off my awesome body, but I didn't. (sorry if I'm rambling. I'm trying to get you to understand it better and maybe come up with a way to help) then (this sounds cheesy but what eva) I saw true beauty. The "plus sizes" vs the skinny minis. There were a few skinny girls, one who plainly forgot to eat (you know how little kids can be) and one who latter I can surely tell is anorexic too. It's a unhealthy skinny for that bone build also they had to get out of the water sooner cuz they were cold. I forced myself to go a bit longer but me to was freezing. The larger sized were really not fat, they looked so natural and to me I actually feel in love with that body typ. Out of 500 or more girls only 6 were suppor skinny. (some naturally like that(I'm still jeluse of them)) the rest of the week I ate all meals full and all I wanted. I didn't care when my stomach bulged a bit, so many others were too, I felt way better, I could focus longer and I wasn't as cold, I still get a lil colder but I'm still recovering bit. It wasn't til then I truly relized the effects starvation has. I never noticed it before. Not kidding I beloved that starvation was nothing and I couldn't die from it. I didn't feel any diffrent but now looking back I felt sick, cold, tired all the time.

She probly dosent feel hunger pains anymore I it's been that long. If you yourself and other close friends are nautally suppor skinny, that probly makes her feel horable. My bff is suppor skinny and I still feel like a fat *** next to her. I get so angry at myself. I'm sure you have felt the same way when you see someone that's soooo much better than you in some way. There's always going to be someone with linger hair, brighter eyes, smother skin, there's nothing you can do, just don't compare yourself. Taking her to a public place like that were everyone is only like pluse sized will make her feel TOO skinny herself and she might think "maybe I should gain some weight" it's the first step. Just don't get mad at her, it'll only make it worse.

If you need any more help message me. I want to help as many people as I can cuz I know how horable it is. How everynight you can go to sleep without thinking "tomorrow I can't eat anything" just tell her that your always there to listen to her. Don't let her down, she needs a bff more than ever now. Message me
~libby