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Q: helping bulemic girlfriend
asked by: Randy831 on April 17th, 2008
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My girlfriend and me have been together for over a year now and I have always thought she had some type of a weight problem. She will only eat once a day and it’s a very small portion. First she wanted to get her weight down to 113, when she reached that goal the new goal became 107. I talked to her about it and explained that she would actually look better if she weighed about 120 and how eating that way was hurting her body. Well I had thought she took my advice and left it alone, but yesterday after a few drinks well quite a few for her she confessed to me that she has started purging herself. She understands that its all in her head but when she looks in a mirror she thinks shes fat. Ive always know about her weight issue and tried to reassure her how beautiful she is and she doesn’t need to lose any weight and even if she was 200 pounds id still love her. The whole purging thing scares me she opened up to me about it because she doesn’t know how to stop it, the problem is I DON’T KNOW HOW TO STOP IT. I don’t understand it, please if anyone can give me any information on what to do.
Regards,
A person in need
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v00d00cita
replied on June 25th, 2008
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She has a way out of that. She understands that it's a mental illness, a disorder, which is an important thing, a huge step. You really care about her, so why not showing her this forum? Why not showing her documentaries about how this can kill? I was on that path and decided not to go that way anymore, because I want to live.

All the best.
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Super_K
replied on October 10th, 2008
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if she opened up and told you about it, im sure she'll also be open to you trying to help her. just make it clear to her she needs to be completly honest with you. my best friend is bullimic and she tries to hide it from me, and her boyfriend (of almost two years).. her boyfriend and i are also close friends and know when she's doing it. So, if you can have someone else on your side that you can talk to about that and also have them help kind of watch her around food.. someone that knows her well, you should be all set.
good luck to you and her =]
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