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my friend isn't eating (cont'd)
Hey, this is the girl who asked the question about my friend not eating in a week (now almost 2 weeks). I talked to my friend that sits at my lunch table (and also knows) in homeroom about it. I said "Do you think we should tell someone?" and she agreed with me, so we're going to see if she eats anything tomorrow and over the weekend and then, if this still continues, we're telling our school counselor on Monday. Do you think this is the right thing to do? I told her not to tell anyone because we might not want her to know WE told. Is it okay to wait another 3 days? I can't really tell tomorrow (Friday) anyway, because it's too short notice and I just think Monday is better. So what do you think about this? And what will they do with my friend (the one who doesn't eat)? Thank you so much, you have helped a lot.
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Well, if you might want to have a sleepover or something this weekend if you can just to make sure whether or not she eats. But yeah, it's okay to wait until monday. I'd rather talk to a teacher about it, because guidance will call the parent of the person you're talking about. (I used to cut my wrists, a teacher turned me in to guidance, and they had to call home) But if you ask to confidentially tell a teacher and ask the teacher not to say anything then maybe you can ask the teacher what to do. Or when you go to guidance with that friend say this to your councilor... "We are really worried about a friend, I don't want to say her name yet, but she hasn't eaten in over a week, or isn't eating enough. Is there anything I can do for my friend before revealing information to you. I know that you'd have to call home and I'd rather talk to her first, but I'm not sure what I can say." I think that's sort of good. I'd probably say something like that. Ummm, if you want to leave details or names (made up or not) then you can e-mail me... Maniac_Munchkin@yahoo.com or Bull_Dawg_Babii@yahoo.com A friend of mine found out she was pregnant today and she wanted to talk to our parent/child development teacher but she was afraid, she wouldn't even tell the teacher what was wrong. So today I saw the teacher, and I told the teacher what was up, and that teacher can't reveal that information. The only thing I'm scared about is that this girl could kick my butt real bad, and she would if anyone finds out... and there are some girls in my 3rd that asked me what was wrong, and they were like is she pregnant, and I didn't sound truthful when I said no, so I'm afraid they might know and this girl will like KILL me haha. But if you want to talk to guidance then 1st find out things you can say to your friend rather then just dropping her name and letting them deal. You asked what they'll do with the friend that doesn't eat. What happened with me is I had a few tests done to make sure I was okay, then I saw a "Shrink" (child psychiatrist?/pschologist?) and I had to go like once every 2 weeks, tell her what I ate, and she'd weigh me and I'd be free to leave. Then they transfered me to a dif "Shrink" and she would have me tell her how I felt and we'd do feeling games (I was in 5th-first week of 7th grade when this was going on) and she'd have me draw stuff, and she said as long as I told the truth I didn't have to answer any questions I didn't want to, and stuff like that. And if it gets really serious, which it almost did for me (like if I lost another 10lbs) then they'd have to put her in the hospital and feed her through a needle thingy. Or they'd have to put her in one of those hospitals made especially for people with disorders such as eating disorders and things like that. But the only thing the guidance councilor really does is call home and maybe meet with you once every week or every other week or even every month until you recieve proffesional help or until you're eating. If you want to give me details or anything then e-mail me, or my AIM screen name is xo Krazi Kate ox Hope I've helped some. You've waited this long, another three days might hurt a bit, but unless she passes out from not eating, or unless she's more than 10lbs underweight, then you can wait until Monday! Good luck, hope everything goes okay with your friend!! E-mail me, IM me, or leave me another one in my inbox!
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