My best friend is very fat and she is complexed about it (she can't have a boyfriend, she can't handle gym, she can't wear a mini-scurt or stuff like that like other girls because she thinks she looks horrible in them etc.). I tried convincing her that she is fine the way she is, but it didn't work. I'm very worried.
I told her that I will stay with her in my apartment and togheter we will hold a diet. If I eat just like her there wont be anymore temptations and maybe she will be able to lose some weight. But she told me to stop trying to help her because she is addicted to chocolate and she will do crazy things to get it. I know it sounds stupid. I tought so too when I first heard it but now it's getting worst. She is depresed all the time and she doesn't even talk to her parents anymore about her problem. She just starts crying.
Please give me any information that might help! Thank you!
2007-05-06 04:04:31 · 2 answers · asked by midnight_girl49 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Hershey's hopes so! Chocolate is very tasty and can create a "chocoholic" but I don't think you would call that an addictive dependency. It sounds more like your friend has an "image problem". Compulsive eating and even bulimia are problems with definite body image components. The description and treatment of these disorders can be found by typing in "Bulimia" into Yahoo! answers; a number of very good links comes up. Obesity is a national problem so it might help to tell her she is not alone in her affliction.
2007-05-06 10:29:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any kind of food will create dependence cut your self off cold turkey
2007-05-06 11:37:55 · answer #2 · answered by amelia_0405 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋