I think my friend is becoming anorexic, what should I do?
918818
dont gang up on her. thats rele like. a lot of pressure. just try to ask her. see wats going on. and tell her u rele care about her and that u dont want to see her get hurt
589895
This may not be an eating disorder. She could have a blocked small intestine, hiatal hernia, or a multitude of other medical problems. She should go to her doctor ASAP!!!
1064799
So long as she is eating, and is still overweight, I would not be too concerned. If she starts to eat even less, or stops eating around people, or has reached a healthy weight, and continues this regimen, then I would be concerned. If she reaches that point, and will not listen to you, you may need to involve someone else, like her parents.
543302
One of my friends used to be anorexic. She went to the doctor one day for headaches and come to find out, she had a brain tumor because of it. If you are still in school, go to the guidance counselor or talk to her parents. Definitely not healthy.
680134
i dont know if you are asking this about yourself or a friend...but either way i would be concerned about possible anorexia or bulimia...whether it is you or a friend...you should really see a doctor...
356290
You are too crude!   you make me laugh...\n\n50lbs on an anorexic really can't be 'fat' as you call it...\nbut yeah, dump her..........
807482
I think you should go talk to a your guidance counsaler about  this....tell them exactly what you just said in this question....tell them how you feel and try confronting your friend and find out what she thinks.....but make sure you tell whomever really quickly it might be serious....just say i have this friend who seems like shes not eating well has had excesive weight loss and etc....dotn be scared your doing the right thing.
484540
She was in a British mag this week (Heat)admitting that she has an eating disorder and is really unhappy with her size. She would like to go back to the size she was a bout a year ago but became addicted to losing weight. Most eating disorders are neither anorexia or bulemia but a mix of both- I suspect that Nicole is suffering from a mix of both.
63101
If it is not "too late" (i.e. if she's not medically unhealthy), combat it with psychology. She is anorexic because she sees herself as fatter than the models she sees or women she adores. \n\nFirst, stop trying to feed her. That won't help at this stage.\n\nSecond, tell her how beautiful she is. Get her friends to point out good things about her body. Ignore the imperfections. Point out the parts that are beautiful. \n\nFinally, help her be happy to be who she is. Never call her fat, large, don't joke about her doughnut rolls, don't use any of the negative terms you think could hurt her.  \n\nMake her feel beautiful: Try a new wardrobe (that fits her current size, not dreamed-of size) so she won't feel the clothes being "tight" and hence making her think she is "fat".\n\nI could go on, but there are countless resources to help parents. See references below.
272882
My best advice for you is to make sure you dont keep telling her everything shes doing wrong, the first thing you want to do is tell her look you cant do this and everything along those lines, right now she needs to be able to have someone to talk to about why shes doing what shes doing, More then likely there is a root to the problem, shes not as far as she wanted to be at this point in her life, or something, see if she will open up to you about why she feels the need to go out and party like this, more then likely shes tring to "numb" out something, You dont want her to think that your not on her side anymore, and if you tell her everything shes doing wrong she might take it that your tring to rule her life and then she will shut you out, after you see what the root of the problem is you can talk to her about it, tell her that what shes doing is going to make her loose everything she has and your commited to her as a friend to help her out of this hole shes found herself in, and that you care about her health and you dont want to watch her slowly disinagrate her health and you want to help her get past this hard part in her life and get her to trust your recommendations on what you think she needs to do, then once she says she trusts you to guide her out of this problem, (keep in mind you have to get her to see she has a problem, spoon feed it to her so she sees it on her own she has a problem, like wow you used to be able to keep all this going with out a problem, it looks like your struggling, she will know why and see why) THen keep reminding her that you will do what ever she needs, that you will hold her hand in a local AA class, or you will go to a rehab place with her, what ever it takes :)
597331
Sit him down and tell him exactly what can happen if he becomes anorexic again. Look him straight in the eye and tell him he is not fat. Tell him he cannot live off of milk for the rest of his life. Tell him his body needs food to function properly and with out it he could die, or become very sick. If that doesn't work, force him to eat something, like steak. I once read in Chicken Soup that there was an anorexic girl, but her father forced her to eat steak, and that night she realized there was a problem. Just let him know that you don't want him to risk his life because he thinks he's fat.
653243
The ONLY thing for certain in life, is CHANGE. None of us like it, and some like it less than others, but it is inevitable. Your friend is obviously going through a big change right now, and parts of it , she doesn't even like herself. In order to support her, you must let her do what she needs to do. Don't argue with her, or try to make her stop the change, just love her in spite of the change. It's not easy, but necessary. There will come a time when she will need you really bad, and you have to be there for her. In order to cope with this, you have to develop some interests of your own, outside her.  Go out with other friends, do some things you always wanted to do, and just be patient with her. Good Luck!
136406
She has a good friend. You're kind of in an awckward position to help an overweight friend. If you try to help her to get thinner, she might end up resenting you because she'll think you don't like her.\nRemember that being fat is not a body problem, it's an emotional problem. What you can help her the most is in raising her self-esteem while she remains fat. Tell her "it's Ok to be fat". Well, not in those words. Say "don't worry about what people say, people are very judgmental, and they don't understand that women have issues". Tell her "I don't think you hate your body because you're overweight, I think you have had emotions you haven't resolved yet". That sounds like psychobabble but it's pretty close to reality. You can probably find a better way to say it.\nIf you're just wishing she was thinner, and she's bringing you down emotionally, you need to think of yourself first, also. You might get to a point where you can't take it, and that is OK, you can take a break too.
374385
Bring it up in conversation. Let her know you are concerned about her without accusing her of anything. Tell her how much you love her and how you don't want her to see her hurt herself. If she does have an eating problem (which she may not), she probably has low self-confidence and it will help her to know that someone cares about her no matter what happens. Eating disorders are serious, so keep an eye on her. If you get concerned, don't hesitate to tell a teacher or one of your or her parents. She may be mad, but she will come to see that you were just trying to help her, and by telling someone she will be able to get the help she needs. Just please be sure she does have a problem before you do tell someone. Maybe something else is going on besides an eating disorder. Just talk to her. Good luck. Let me know if you need anything.
157008
Accept her as she is. Nagging or pointing it out to her will not help her. It will actually make her crave eating more. Plus run down her self esteem. Believe me, a person who is over weight knows they are. Until she can come to terms with what is the root of her eating, and when she and only she decides it is time to change will she be able to do so.
192225
You guys need to tell her how you feel.  If she does not shape up, then stop being friends with her.
413962
This is a tough one. Teenagers can be moody and self-conscious. The eating thing could pertain to her being self-conscious about her weight or having others see her eat. It sounds like she is self-conscious about her looks- could some of the other issues be communications issues. \n\nShe does sound a bit eccentric and could be targeted by bullies.\n\nOR she could be developing a mental health issue. You could try talking to her again, but she may not be ready to hear it.