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worried Jun 11, 2014 2:54:12 GMT -6

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Post by parker on Jun 11, 2014 2:54:12 GMT -6

i'm not sure if this is the place to put this, but it's to do with anorexia so i'm putting it here.

i'm 51kg (i think that's around 113lbs) and i'm underweight considering my bmi thing. but i'm
not anorexic. i love food. i eat so much, i just have a hard time putting on weight. i have this
one friend who continuously calls me anorexic, and tells me to eat pies all the time, but
that doesn't help.
then the next day she goes around saying that she wants to lose weight, and be around the
same as me? she's a perfect weight of 57kg. she's right. she's "normal", but she wants to
loose weight because i'm the perfect weight, and because she likes horse riding and apparently
she has to be highly underweight for this???
i'm worried for her because she thinks she's fat and is trying to lose weight, which makes me
feel like crap because she's going to be unhealthy partially because of me; then she keeps
calling me anorexic and all this, which doesn't help my self esteem or with my anxiety.
is there anything i can say to help her or make her stop trying to lose weight, and to get her
to stop calling me anorexic?

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worried Jun 11, 2014 8:56:44 GMT -6

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Post by prouvaire on Jun 11, 2014 8:56:44 GMT -6

I get you :c

I have a friend who's in the same boat; her thyroid is dangerously overactive so she has problems gaining weight and she has to eat like constantly and I've heard other friends expressing jealousy over her even though she hates it and she struggles so much and she doesn't want to be the reason people develop eating disorders, and it makes me really upset

I don't really know what to say, except that you could just try to convince your friend that you're not the way you are by choice. Falsely accusing someone of an eating disorder is a terrible thing and you need to relay that to her over and over, tell her that it's not funny and that you feel hurt when she says that, that anorexia is not something to be taken lightly or thrown around casually, and that anorexia is a harmful mindset and not a physical body type. You cannot LOOK anorexic, but you can FEEL anorexic. You could also do research on the harmful effects of disordered eating for her- time is a small price to pay for your friend's health- and try to statistically convince her that it's not worth it to lose weight in an unhealthy manner.

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parker New Posts: 33 Gender: iron man	worried Jun 11, 2014 14:29:07 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parker on Jun 11, 2014 14:29:07 GMT -6 Thank you so much omg I feel as if you get me. I'm willing to do whatever to help her because I don't want her to have problems and I know it'll make me feel so much worse about myself. I'll see what I can do to convince her (:
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