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Im almost possitive my best friend may have an eatting disorder. How should I help her?
Her new years resolution was to workout and to loose weight so she quit eatting junk food which was fine but then little by little she just about stopped eatting compleatly. Then when she does eat its like an apple or a rice cake.
The other day we shared a small meal and like 5 minutes later she was in the bathroom. I got worried so I went and listened at the door. And I could hear her puking. I said something to her about it the next day and she didn't say anything. I told how worried I am about her and she just looked at me and said "you don't have to worry I have a good head on my shoulders".
She still isn't eating much. And her weight is dropping rappidly. She's at the gym almost everyday working out and breaks plans with me to workout.
I just want to know how to help her. I know I shoud tell her mom but I don't want to worry her if I can help.
Also she's 5'2 and 127lbs.
What should I do? Help me please. If you have any questions on the situation email me.
5 Answers
- ?Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Don't do what the first person says- saying bad things about them makes them worse.
Talk to her.
Talk to her mom.
You need to get her help.
- 1 decade ago
Tell her bulimic/anorexic people are unnatractive since she is most likely doing this to look good. Tell her nobody likes overly-skinny people. She does sound like she could lose a couple pounds, but not much. Recommend that she should eat about 1000-1200 calories a day. That is what I do and I am losing weight but I am still healthy. Also tell her she should only work out once every other day or her muscles will deteriorate and she won't burn calories that well.
- 1 decade ago
thats tough... All i can suggest honestly is to complement how she looks now, the reason she's still trying to lose weight even though she's doing well as it is, is because of a circus mirror affect.
She see's a fat person in the mirror (or fatter then she'd want to be) as a mirrage of her self image. Compliment her weight loss, tell he she looks great now, (if not a bit too skinny) perhaps join her at the gym sometime.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
first you need to continue to be a good friend. support her emotionally. Ultimately she has to want to help herself. try to educate her, yourself and others in her life about the disorder. You should tell her parent or guardian. she may be angry with you at first, but she will get over it. eating disorders are dangerous. frequent vomiting can cause erosion of the esophagus, electrolyte imbalance etc. the electrolyte imbalance can be particularly dangerous and cause an irregular heart rate.
here's some websites for you for resources:
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
www.anad.org
www.aedweb.org
please tell her parents. you can't deal with this on your own. it takes a multidisciplinary( Dr, therapists, dietitians etc) approach to help someone w/ an eating disorder.
good luck. sounds like you are a good friend.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
tell her parents, i know she'll be mad but than she'll see she's not just hurting herself, i had an ed and my friend did this and at times i thank and at times i hate her but it's the right thing to do