Over the summer, my friend was wearing a bikini and I realized she looked skinnier than usual. Yesterday she was wearing a bikini to swim practice and her ribs were sticking out, and she looked disgustingly skinny. I asked her how she lost so much weight, but she said diet and exercise, she used to weigh 105 pounds, at 5"2, and now she's 70 pounds, at 5"2. I don' t know what to do. (She's 13 and a girl). Also she slept over me on Monday, and she wouldn't eat a thing at dinner, and she doesn't eat at lunch either. I'm really scared about her, so I told her mother, and she told me she knew, and she tried to make her eat, but it didn't work. Today we were going out to lunch, me, her, and a couple of other friends, and her mother told me to try to convince her to eat, I tried but it didn't work, I don't know what to do.
Her mother is thinking of taking her to a hospital.
Do you have any ideas?, and she thinks she's fat when she's really a bone.
2006-11-17 07:46:32 · 6 answers · asked by Brengirl112 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Your friend is ill, she needs professional help and hopefully her Mom will help her get it. You are being a good friend to her, stay that way and help her throught the next months which are going to be difficult for her. I wish her well...;
2006-11-17 07:54:47 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She needs professional help; you can't do very much except be her friend and encourage her to eat something. Don't get upset about it though; it doesn't help. Encourage her to go to whatever treatment is recommended for her, whether it is counseling or hospital or something else.
An anorexic friend of mine said she can see how skinny she looks in a photo but not in a mirror. In a mirror she thought she looked fat. You could try this with her; take a photo of her and see whether she can see herself better than in a mirror.
2006-11-17 07:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cant' make an anorexic eat, unfortunately. She will probably need inpatient treatment and intensive therapy.
2006-11-17 09:53:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DID YOU WATCH DR.PHIL YESTERDAY? HE HAD AN ANOREXIC LADY ON THERE
SHE PROBABLY THINKS SHE'S FAT........YA'LL NEED TO TALK TO HER.
2006-11-17 07:55:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your friend is crazy and needs to go to the hospital.
2006-11-17 07:50:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a wicked disease,she will struggle with this all her life
2006-11-17 07:50:17 · answer #6 · answered by MJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋