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Anorexia making girlfriend sleep way too much

Please please please please help me. I'm so scared and I've been trying so hard to help my girlfriend with anorexia ever since she told me a little while ago. She has been sleeping A LOT.. Like upwards of perhaps 16 hours a day. She has had heart palpitations and shortness of breath and a lot of other symptoms. I got her to go to the hospital, but they just kept her for a little while and then released her and now everything is back to the same. She wants to go to a clinic, but it's only one day a week. That's enough in my opinion. She tells me she doesn't want me to push her, but nobody else is trying to get her well again. I'm so scared she's going to die. I have no idea where the breaking point is. She doesn't eat for days at a time and when she does she cannot keep the food down. Sometimes she seems receptive to the idea of getting better and wants to, but other times she seems like she doesn't care if she gets better. I have no idea what to do. I've been reading, praying, crying, and just trying to stay wrong for her, but I'm at a loss. I need some advice or something. I just want her to be better and I know this will take a long time and it will be a struggle, but since she's told me she hasn't gotten better she's gotten worse.
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You can't change someone else no matter how much u love them. Only they can change themselves. She has to want to get well. You are in the enabler role. As harsh as this sounds, you should part ways for a while so she can see what this is doing to you, also. You both need to step back and get some clarity. Good luck and God bless.
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That's not enough in my opinion****
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