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My friend is bulimic
She threw up blood today and I don't know how to help her. I need some advice.
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It probably feels like if you tell someone about her problem, you would be betraying her. However, her getting angry at you for letting someone know will be much easier to handle than if something serious happened to her and you knew that you could have somehow prevented it.
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I once had a best friend who suffered from this. I was young and so was she, therefore I had no idea what to do about the situation. The worst thing I could have possibly done was not tell someone.
It got so bad, that when her parents found out she was already on the verge of dying from it. She was admitted into a hospital for a month and had to be fed through feeding tubes in her belly button.
I'm not telling you this to scare you, I'm telling you this to let you know that you really need to tell someone. It could cost you a friendship, but in the end she'll realize that you were only trying to help her.
If you're close with her parents, tell them as soon as possible. If not, tell your parents, a teacher, a school counsler, anyone with that kind of authority.
She won't admitt to having a problem, but if there are signs then they'll believe you.
Please get her the help she needs.
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Throwing up blood is not good. It is an
emergency. Tell her parents or a trusted
adult about now.
She may be mad at you for a while but she
will get over it when she is well again.
She will see you did it for her own good.
Bulimia and anorexia can have life threatening
consequences. Please tell someone about
this.
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Shes pretty far down the road of bulimia. You should probably try to convince her to see a doctor and councilor. You should be with her if you care a lot about her, but you should not try and deal with it on your own. It puts way too much stress on you. By seeing a doctor they can figure out if she has severe problems with her throat, stomach or mouth. Meeting a councilor will further help you help her to get better as well as convince her there's a better way.
But when neither are going on, you have to make sure that she doesn't try to either binge(eat a lot of food in one sitting), attempt to go throw it up, or tries to move on to another eating disorder. You should be the one that tells her no, that blocks her from the influences that make her want to resort to bulimia, and help her recover. But its your choice, how you resolve it is up to you.
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