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friend has eating problems
15/f
hi ok, uhm my best friend is i think anorexic she doesn't eat and she exorcises all the time. she hasn't eaten in 2 days and sometimes she eats dinner so her parents don't think anything is wrong. she also makes herself throw up the meals. she also figured out that another good way to lose weight is to cut herself because then she'll lose blood and that will mean she will lose more body fluid and make her lose more weight. she takes all her fingernails and toenails off so it takes off more body weight. she also, just cut her hair really really short. she is going crazy!!!! i don't know what to do. i'm so scared for her, and i don't think her parents even care!!! What should i do? please help mee. i can't tell anyone, she told me not too.
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There is obviously some sort of mental disorder going on here. She has gone beyond the realm of logic if she thinks that bleeding herself will somehow make her thinner. What she needs right now is support, and failing that, an intervention. She needs to know that people care enough about her to step in and do something. Ignoring the problem will, in her eyes, tell her that she is still not good enough to receive attention, and she will continue this behavior. I'm not a psych major by any means, but this seems like some serious shit. Guessing by your age I'd say you're in high school. Speak to your counselor, and be completely honest; do not hold back any details. Your counselor is there for more than to simply assign classes for the next semester!
Regardless of the fact she told you not to tell anyone, you have the obligation of a friend to do the exact opposite. Ignoring it and doing as she asks is potentially fatal for her. One cut too deep, one purging session gone wrong, one extreme taken too far could be the end for her. She may hate you for it at the time, but she will thank you in the long run. I hope you value your friend's life above her selfish, psychotic wishes.
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Don't listen to her. If you want to save your friend's life you need to tell. Even if she isn't your friend anymore, would you rather lose a friendship, or a friend's life? Imagine how that would feel, knowing you could've helped. There are two kinds of people that tell what others don't want them to:
Rat: Tells to get the other person in trouble
Hero: Tells to help the other person
Would you want to do what your friend says and lose her forever, or be a hero? You can't let her do this to herself, she needs help. Tell someone, anyone, who can help her.
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