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im worried about my friends weight
ok so i don't know if this question should be in health or what but i need help now! me and my friend(lets call her "stacy") have been friends for a long time. But ever since she joined the track team, she's been OBSESSED with her weight! she's lost a ton of weight in only like a month or two of track. whenever we hang out she always complains about being fat even though she looks skinnier than she should be. she hardly ever eats much and complains the entire time about how much calories are in them. she once told me that she was skipping periods and i know thats because she's exercising sooo much and not eating enough. she exercises day in and day out and whenever i see her, she always tries to talk me into going for a jog or exercising in some way. her mom has once told her that shes worried about her and all of her friends think the same thing. what i'm trying to say is, what should i do?
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I had an eating disorder for 2 years. Trust me, she has one too.
She's developed an obsession with perfection. You need to talk about this with her mom. If all this started due to track, she might need to take a break from track.
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okay theese are all definately strong signs of your friend devoloping an eating disorder.
and youve already taken the first step by being a good friend and noticing,and worrying about her.
have you tried to talk to her and let her know that your worried? and that what shes doing is not healthy.
I think you need to sit down with her and her mom and explain to her that shes going to make herself seriously sick if she doesnt want to get help.
you can't push her to eithr,all you can do is talk to her be the best friend you can be by being there for her through all this and helping her.
I think you should talk to her mom first,about maybe getting her some medical help because something needs to be done about this before it escalates beyond control.
also reasurance is the key in this,your friend is obviously not in a good mental health state and is doubting her appearance and thinking she is fat,she looks in the mirror and sees something completely different to what everyone else sees.
you have to keep telling her and trying to make her see that she IS beautiful and fine how she is,and that by starving herself and over exercising shes making things a whole lot worse.
if you and her mom and other friends cant make her see this then the only other way and i hate to say it is to litteraly get her mom to make her get some help by professionals in eating disorders etc. I know the thought of it might seem horrible but its going to benefit her in the long run and she will soon see that its to help her,and its for the best.
I hope everything works out for her and your already being the best friend you can be so keep it up and remind her your there. =)
also talk to her mom about maybe getting her some counselling. with all this help she will start to over come it,its a long hard process but keep reminding her she can do it also.
hope I helped in anyway
Much <3
Jess
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