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do i have a mental heath issue?
i have problems thinking about how fat i am and at first it was no big deal, i would just not eat, i would come home from shool having not eaten and then tell my parents that i was full and didnt want dinner. i then started osessing over it and now i get into bed and i cant sleep because i can feel my stomach pulling my body i dont know what to do because if i told my parents they would be so upset and porbably force me to eat but now i cant sleep or eat and i can feel myself getting fatter and fatter and i dont know what to do
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From what you have written you sound very much as if you are developing the symptoms of "Anorexia nervosa" which if not treated can be a life threatening disorder. While I am not a doctor I did look this up and what I found was; what you wrote about not eating and feeling as if you are gaining wait comes right out of the text book for this disorder.
You don't say how long this has been going on. Hopefully not long enough to do any serious damage to your body. You need to tell your parents now. They need to take you to your doctor for a complete physical and then to a specialist who works with people with eating disorders.
A close work friend of my wife's lost his daughter, a Prima-Ballerina, to this disorder; She was 21.
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Unfortunately, yes. It doesn't mean you're crazy, it just means that your way of thinking about this is distorted, but you probably already knew that. You need to talk to someone about this. It doesn't have to be your parents. You can get help from a counselor at school or even a hotline (1-800-931-2237). I'm sure if you parents knew what was going on, they may be angry at first, but out of confusion and worry for you. It's a scary thing and it's not a fun place to be in your life. Don't you want to feel happy again and not have this to carry with you and think about all the time every day? It's definitely possible, but you have to reach out for help. I wish you the very best of luck. <3
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You could possibly have an eating disorder but you need to tell someone about it. If you really feel like you can't tell your parents, tell a teacher or a school counselor.
These kinds of things always start of small and then get worse. You really do need to tell someone because you don't want to mess up your life. Many people have gone through this and if you get help, your problem will be fixed and you'll lose weight the right way instead of just not eating because it doesn't solve the problem, it makes it much worse.
So go talk to someone. Good luck.
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You may have symptoms of an eating disorder and do in fact need to tell an adult. Your parents love you and although they may appear angry or not know what to do it's fear for you that drives that.
If telling your parents directly is tough try and find a teacher, relative, friend's parent or someone your parents respect the truth and in brutal honesty just like here. You need to do that to get proper help. You need to see a doctor for sure about this and don't delay. Get the support of adults around you and let them intervene before this becomes worse. It doesn't subside on its own.
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