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Answered I'd help him/her before she gets worse. Setting up an intervention with family and a counselor would help get him/her into therapy.
My older brother served two tours in the navy. I took him in both times. The second time, I let him court the girl I liked, we where good friends. We lived together for a few year then I decide to start trucking. He was a high end hair stylist who catered to people in fashion, art and creativity. He worked in the downtown area of San Francisco. I didn't see him for two years and when I did, he was very thin. I didn't say anything at the time because I hadn't seen him for so long and I felt he could take care of himself. Three months later he suicide. Afterward, I found out that he was on crystal meth. If someone would have told me, I would have brought him out of it. -
Answered I'd try and talk to him/her about it, but you can't really help someone that doesn't want to be helped, can you?
I'd probably let their family know how I feel, maybe suggest treatment...but there's not much you can do for a person if they don't want to help themselves. -
Answered I'd help him/her before she gets worse. Setting up an intervention with family and a counselor would help get him/her into therapy.
People with eating disorders don't know that they have one, or they know deep down but won't admit it to themselves. I would take action before it becomes deadly. -
Answered I'd do nothing. Maybe he/she's just going through a phase.Everyone crash diets at some point in their lives; he/she'll bounce back.
I have a great story.
So I caused this one girls eating disorder, and she told me about it 3 years later, and then I laughed in her face for like 5 minutes straight, and now its my favorite story to tell. -
Answered I'd help him/her before she gets worse. Setting up an intervention with family and a counselor would help get him/her into therapy.
There are events in the lives of our friends that will not let us simply stand idly by. This is one of them. You must intervene and interfere. Eating disorders are lethal. -
Answered I'd help him/her before she gets worse. Setting up an intervention with family and a counselor would help get him/her into therapy.
Most people with eating disorders think they're fine .. when they're not thinking they're too fat. They need professional help before their disorder kills them. -
Answered I'd try and talk to him/her about it, but you can't really help someone that doesn't want to be helped, can you?
and just try to feed them as much as possible when they come over. i mean i dont know i might try to set something up if i think theyre getting to weak but really they are going to do what they want. -
Answered I'd try and talk to him/her about it, but you can't really help someone that doesn't want to be helped, can you?
Of course I'd tell them something! I mean, if they get any skinnier, they could really get sick and maybe even die if it continues. -
Answered I'd try and talk to him/her about it, but you can't really help someone that doesn't want to be helped, can you?
Something like this is always a difficult thing to deal with........someone going through such a problem doesn't listen with a clear mind........you run that risk of losing a friend..... -
Answered I'd try and talk to him/her about it, but you can't really help someone that doesn't want to be helped, can you?
If an individual does not admit that there is a problem, there is hardly
any way to help that one. One must realise, and accept the problem, then
and only then, it´s possible to give any help......... -
Answered I'd help him/her before she gets worse. Setting up an intervention with family and a counselor would help get him/her into therapy.
I struggled with Anorexia when I was 15 years old. My Father passed away from a Heart Attack and shortly after that I was raped by my friends Brother.
I felt as if I was losing control and I started logging everything I ate and how many calories I was putting in my body. I cut myself down to 300 calories a day...if that. Diet soda and Cantalope was about all I was down to eating.
I went from 140 pounds to 80 pounds.....I was already 5'10 at that point so I was skelatin. I was freezing all the time, I had a fascination with cooking....I made tons on cookies and never ate a one, I would put them in the freezer, I would sit at the typewriter and type out recipes....day and night.
I was left alone a lot because my Mom was taking care of my Grandparents and my Mom was pretty clueless as to what was happening. This was in 1982, there was very little information about the disease back then and My Mom came to the realization after many concerned people went to her. The school stepped in and my Mom took me the family doctor and he was ready to admit me to the hospital and IV feed me and that in itself scared me so much that I went to dinner with my Mom and started eating again.
I went through a series of tests at the hospital and they said I had done some damage to my internal organs that I would probably have problems later in life.
Well, it's later in life and the past 8 years have been Hell, mostly my digestive system that is all messed up, I've had several operations ...I struggled with Anorexia when I was 15 years old. My Father passed away from a Heart Attack and shortly after that I was raped by my friends Brother.
I felt as if I was losing control and I started logging everything I ate and how many calories I was putting in my body. I cut myself down to 300 calories a day...if that. Diet soda and Cantalope was about all I was down to eating.
I went from 140 pounds to 80 pounds.....I was already 5'10 at that point so I was skelatin. I was freezing all the time, I had a fascination with cooking....I made tons on cookies and never ate a one, I would put them in the freezer, I would sit at the typewriter and type out recipes....day and night.
I was left alone a lot because my Mom was taking care of my Grandparents and my Mom was pretty clueless as to what was happening. This was in 1982, there was very little information about the disease back then and My Mom came to the realization after many concerned people went to her. The school stepped in and my Mom took me the family doctor and he was ready to admit me to the hospital and IV feed me and that in itself scared me so much that I went to dinner with my Mom and started eating again.
I went through a series of tests at the hospital and they said I had done some damage to my internal organs that I would probably have problems later in life.
Well, it's later in life and the past 8 years have been Hell, mostly my digestive system that is all messed up, I've had several operations and recently had a piece of my stomach removed because a huge ulcer ate it's way right through.
Please, anyone that notices this condition on a loved one..get them some help, even if you have to trick them into going to the hospital.
Losing weight is good....if you need to...in a slow, healthy manner.
Crash dieting and developing Anorexia is something you may never recover from in the long run, I life filled with medical problems isn't worth dieting to the extreme.(less) -
Thanks IrishNurse, I had been thinking about doing a poll on this for awhile and now that it's summer and there is so many teens on SH, I figured if my story helps one person then I did something good.
I really don't think people even have a clue how much damage eating disorders do to your body. -
I'm glade that people that love you brought it to your mother's attention and that you are here with your family. I wish somebody did that for me before my brother committed suicide. I feel a sense of guilt because I know I would have straighten him out. People tell me that there was nothing I could have done, that he was in so much pain. I think if you love someone and are concerned about there welfare, you should speak out.
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Oh boy...this is a serious one. You have to be very careful about what you say. A person, in this condition, will not hear, what you are saying to them. Whatever you say, will be taken the wrong way. For example "You are too skinny" , Is a compliment to them. -
Answered I'd try and talk to him/her about it, but you can't really help someone that doesn't want to be helped, can you?
This is a very hard situation. You can't force a friend to get help. You can try to involve family and keep an eye on her. But unless it is severe, you can't really do much, she has to want help or be past the point of saying no due to her condition. Sorry =( -
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