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my girlfriends anorexic. she weighs 75 pounds and shes seventeen. i try to get her to eat but she always tells me to fuck off. you can pretty much see every freaking bone in her body. she looks like shes gonna drop over dead any day. i wanna help her but i dont know what to do. she always accuses me of hinking shes fat also. which isnt true everytime i see her i tell her she looks too thin and to eat something. what can happen to her body if she doesnt eat and only weighs 75 pounds? and alos how can i help her? thanks.
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I'm surprised your girlfriend is even alive now. 17 and 75 lbs is way too underweight and it's reasonable that you're concerned. People with eating disorders see their image in a distorted way and they feel like they need to control their eating in order to become the "perfect body"
You need to get her help right away. Talk to her parents about getting her to a doctor, nutritionist, and psychiatrist. She needs help or she will die and even with help, there is a chance that she can die.
www.something-fishy.org is a great site that talks about ED and you should read over anorexia and bulimia just incase.
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location) lists helpful hotlines that you can call/visit. Have her family visit the site and get her help.
Good luck
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the only way you can help her is to tell someone right away. if not, she is going to get extremely sick and it's very possible that she could die. people with anorexia tend to deny that they have it. the way she sees herself, is that she is "fat," and will most likely get angry at anyone who tries to get her to eat. she needs help and needs to see a doctor. why the other people she knows havn't done anything about it yet is beyond me, but you neeeed to tell her parents, a doctor, a school councelor, anyone. she might be mad at you for it at first but in the long run it'll save her life.
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Well, for starters, rat her out.
Tell your school counselor and make sure she seeks therapy and goes into rehab. If she refuses to eat, make sure the doctors feed her throuhg a tube. The reason she looks like she can drop over dead any day is because she probably will soon. How tall is she? if she's over 5 3, I'm surprised she's still alive.(not an exaggeration)
Although ratting your friend out might sound really horrible, as a friend you are obligated to help them. Right now, she needs medical help as well as therapy(extreme anorexia is caused by emotional problems). Make sure she gets the medical help so she can stay alive. I've had friends who suffered from eating disorders to, the reason they were able to get better was because they were put into rehab. One of them lost 50 pounds over a summer and one day during school, she didn't have the energy to stand up. Your girlfriend will get mad at you at first for ratting her out, but once she recovers, she'll thank you.
Tell a responsible adult, if her parents don't listen, call child services or tell a school counselor. I am not fucking kidding, she will die soon if she doesn't get help.
I know you might feel like it will destroy your relationship with her, which it actually probably will, but it'll save her life. As her boyfriend, I sincerely hope that you value her llfe over your relationship.
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Their is something mentaly wrong with your girlfriend, She looks in the mirrow and she has tricked her mind into seeing something that isn't really there. My best friend has the same problem.Anorexics have an intense fear of becoming fat. People with anorexia continue to think they are overweight even after they become extremely thin, are very ill or near death. You really need to get her into seeing a doctor or try working with her parents and have a group theropy. Be prepared for denial, resistance, and even anger. You can not back down and you have to be patient becaus she does nothing their is anything wrong with what she is doing, she also thinks it is the only way. Its very unhealthy for her body when she does not eat because she does not have the nutrients her body needs to do what she has to do. she is probably very weak. There are many medical risks associated with anorexia. They include: shrunken bones, mineral loss, low body temperature, irregular heartbeat, permanent failure of normal growth, development of osteoporosis and bulimia nervosa. One percent of teenage girls in the U.S. develop anorexia nervosa and up to 10% of those may die as a result.------------------------------------
If she addmits to having a problem and wants help you have to have someone with her all the time helping her get though everything.
hope i helped.
-Amy
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Check in with the doctor because you never know.
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well i used to know this girl who was in 9th grade and was always throwing out her lunches in school and never ate breakfast. me and some friends got concerned and told the guidance councilor. she went to the doctors and it turned out she was anorexic and only had 2 weeks to live. you have to get your girlfriend to eat anything she can. if shes only 75 pounds and shes 17 there is definitely something wrong. who knows, she can die any day if its like that. tell her you love her that much and your trying to help her. try taking her to the doctor almost every month to check her weight and the doctors recommendations.
hope this helped !
-kelly
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