Hi everyone I'm new here and I'm in the process of recovery from a eating disorder through the help of my friend and therpaist! Here is a bit about me... I am 18 and a dance and performing arts student and I begun skipping meals to get thin cos my old dance teacher told me that if I wanted a dance career I would have to lose weight and it basically took of from there! I also feel the need to please everyone and that sometimes whatever I do is stupid! I haven't told my family or anyone else as I don't feel confident enough!!!

Anyway as I said I told my best friend who help me get a thearpist and my friend has said she will always be there for me if I need to talk but I'm worried she is getting pissed of with me!!! She understands what I'm going through and seems to be happy to talk to me but I'm scared that when I need to talk her work friend seems to dislike me needing to talk to her! I actually want to talk to her tonight but I don't knw if it's a good idea or not?

Any ideas or suggestions?

Dancing_Angel

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O my gosh!! I am going thru the same thing!! I am 14 years old, and have been bulimic/anerexic for 2 years now...I also dance, but i am part of a small dance club, so i only have lessons 2 hours a week. But its still a big part of my life. Well, i am now seeing a counsiler and i have to check up with my doctor once a month. I live in a small town of like 150 ppl. and as u know...things get around. The moment I confronted my mom with my problem she told the whole world! I could just smack her for doing that! she's all like "well, we must be open about it.." NO! neways, i'm over that, so i decided to tell my 4 closest friends about my problem because they were always concerned. Well, turns out everytime they tried to "help", they would always force me to eat...and thats not how to help a gal with ED. So, i'd get mad at them...then they get mad at me! They were always like "Well, U ask for support, and when we give it to u, u blow us off!!"...well, sorry, but u trying to be my counsiler ain't gonna cut it!! they were getting really fed up with me that all i was eating was fruit. well, i can't help it if i am sick with an ED. They just don't understand...nobody does...my dad always tries to get me to eat chips and junk food, and gets mad when i dont! its annoying and i am so there for u if u need nething. I finally talked to my friends about it and said, "If u want to help me, just be my friend...U can't be my counsiler and force me to eat, no matter how hard u try." I said this in tears by the way...and since then, they left me alone and just were being my friends...

I hope i helped a lil....just to make u feel like ur not the only one. :wave: