Friend not eating...

  • Madison
    20 years ago

    So i sit with one of my friends at lunch and she doesnt eat, i didnt think twice about it, but when others started to say she was anorixic i stood up for her, i thought she just wasnt hungry.. and i stoped eating at one point of time and i knew how it felt when others said i was...
    ANYWAYS, on our hockey trip up north, the problem got worse, and more and more people thought she wasnt eating, and it got to the captions, and they started watching her eating. One night she was fed up with it and came out and told me that she isnt eating on purpose and she had become anorixic over the summer. The captions started making her eat at the meals, and i could tell she hated it, she told one of them her problem, but i dont think thats going to help her. shes SUCH a great person, and shes SO not fat, and doesnt NEED to loose any weight.. i understand that being fat isnt the only reason why people choose to do things..

    I just want to know ways that i can help my friend.. i'm scared for her, she says she can stop it if she wanted, but i sometimes dont belive her.. please help me and my friend.!

  • Shædow Poet
    20 years ago

    Unfortunately -from experience- if she truly doesn't want to eat at all then she needs more proffessional help. There was a story about an anorexic girl, she would put blankets under her door so crumbs didn't get in, and the only way she changed was by getting help from others that knew what she was going through. I don't know really how you could help- all I'm saying is that she may need someone who has been through the same thing to talk about it to.

  • Sildaekar
    20 years ago

    trying to make her eat will make her reject it even more.....dont force her too!!!!!!!She will start eating again when she wants to.......I know through experiance with my best freind.But it still help to show her that you care and offer to help......if you think it is getting out of hand then seek profesional (not me) help.

  • Madison
    20 years ago

    ok i just talked to her today, and she said something about going home and just throwing it up.. i asked her how many times she has done it mabye 35 times.. i'm getting worried now.. her face is getting pale and thinner.. shes around 106 at the moment.. what can i do.. i feel that me not trying to help her is killing her more...