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Ok, so my friend told me that her cousin told her that she was (who used to be my best friend) was anorexic and that she smokes and drinks. I'm afraid of her hurting herself or dying. What should I do?
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This kind of confused me, let me state the question I think that you're asking me that way you know what I'm answering, so if I don't answer your question correctly you'll know why.
Your friend told you that her cousin (your old best friend) is anorexic, and that she also smokes and drink. You're afraid of her getting hurt, or worse, dying. You want to know what to do.
Okay, well the only thing you can do in a situation like this is tell someone. Trust me, I was anorexic, and that is a disease that NOBODY can handle on their own. Many people have died from anorexia. I actually know an amazing movie you can watch about anorexia. It's called "For the Love of Nancy" Tracee Gold plays Nancy, a young adult who suffers from anorexia and refuses to get treatment so her parents take her to court to get custody over her medical life. It's a really good movie.
You should try and get the friend to watch it with you one night. I saw it for the first time in foods 1 class but it also came on lifetime once at like 3:30am and I watched it then too.
Tracee Gold, the girl who plays anorexic Nancy suggered from anorexia while starring on Growing Pains as Carol (I think that was her characters name)
Anyway, that movie will prove to you that all people suffering from anorexia NEED help! It's impossible to get through this alone. People think that it's easy to recover once you realize you have a problem, but it isn't. I'm focusing on the anorexic thing most because it's something I experienced myself. When someone suffering from anorexia looks into the mirror the reflection that they see is actually different than their true reflection. They don't see the skinny person and just call themselves fat, they actually see an obese person in the mirror. It's a very sad disease. Anorexics get to the poin where it becomes nearly impossible to eat without choking on their food. (which happens a lot during recovery)
If this girl is truly anorexic, then you NEED to tell her parents/gaurdians. Include to them that she does other dangerous activities such as smoking and drinking and that the needs immediate help before she herself passes away from such a horrible thing.
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To start with you need to find out the truth in all this and the only way to get near this is to talk to the girl concerned. Have a chat with her and take in any obvious signs of alcohol abuse/anorexia etc. Once you have found out the facts then you really need to get an adult involved if the hearsay is true. She really needs to get some professional help because she is probably in denial about it all. Preferably one of her parents needs to know so that she has support from them. It is a very difficult situation for you and you will also need to be able to talk to someone about it - perhaps your Mum may be able to help. I hope you and she can both get the help she obviously needs. All the best.
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first of all you need to talk to her, get the facts straight, if this all is true, you should tell an adult, and explain to her that it is the right thing to do, in time she will understand. wishing for the best :)
Tianna Audra
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