is my friend bulimic?

[ken20ken]

My friend is always "sick" or at least that was her reason when I found her throwing up in the girls bathroom one day at lunch. She doesn't eat, I don't think I've ever seen her eat somthing without it being forced down her throat. Shes skinny, too skinny, she has a twenty inch waist. Once she was at my house sleeping over and the next morning I found her passed out by the toilet. She must have been throwing up all night.
I love her like a sister and she's killing herself.

Is she Bulimic? Or is it just me?

[benotafraid]

How often do you weigh-in?  If you don't mind sharing ... how tall are you and what is your weight?

[Rach878]

I am going through the same feeling. No matter how small, i usually end up purging what i eat too, for the same reasons you do. i just wanted you to know your not alone in feeling this. I'm meeting an ed theripist next tues. Petrified she'll put me on a meal plan! because i don't want to gain weight  and i too have a hard time letting food sit in me. i feel fat, i can't loook in the mirror for at least two hours it's horrible.

Do you have a scale? If so how many times a day do you weigh yourself?

[ken20ken]

i purge everytime you eat no matter how little or how much you've had, and i can't keep it (food) down because A. my brain and body don't want to, they don't want to gain weight, and B. becuase food literally makes me feel fat and sick and gross. i barely get it in my mouth without gagging...

[benotafraid]

Explain why you cannot keep food down. Do you indulge in large amounts of food and then purge afterward? Or do you purge everytime you eat no matter how little or how much you've had.

Is your body simply unable to hold food down?  or is your brain telling you that you must get rid of the food because if you don't you will see extra pounds on the scale?

Do you have anorexia with the bulima?

These questions all need answers.  Be honest with yourself.

[ken20ken]

i eat food but i can't keep it down...
and thanks for the support, i need it now more than ever.

[Rach878]

You don't have to be ashamed of hiding it. I hide it from everyone for 3 years. Even know that everyone knows, there are still behaviors i hide. i still do all my behaviors in secret, and no one knows how bad things really are. over this past summer i was sure i wanted to recover, so i made the first step and checked into a treament center. i was doing ok there, and then when it was time to leave i still wanted to get better. However when the holidays were coming up, i became ambivelent about treatment. So i gave up on it for awhile. Sometimes i really do want to get better, and other times i don't. But i've decided to still try for it. benotafraid is right you do have to want it with all your heart for treatment to work. And no one here is going to tell you its easy to change. But change is possible.