Iceman314
04-24-2008, 12:10 PM
My friend, (my supervisor actually, we work at a long term mental health facility), who had a history of eating D\O in high school is now 30 years old. She has been acting differently lately than she used to. We used to hang out 2 or 3 times per week, she used to tell me everything, she would sometimes ask me to hang out instead of just me asking her. She has been under a ton of stress lately and has, for the past 2 months or so, only spent time with me outside of work a couple of times. She talks to me less at work (for some reason talks the same amount with everyone else as she used to), almost never asks to hang out, doesn't tell me nearly as much about what's going on with her as she used to and is taking unnecessary diet pills. Right now she isn't displaying any weight loss at all. She has another friend and coworker that has a history of eating D/O and is, in my opinion, a slow, long term trigger for my friend, although she will not admit that if I asked, I think. My main concern is that she clearly is pushing me away and since I have only a little experience working with patients with eating D/O, I don't know how I can get back into her life. We have only been friends for 6-8 months now (known her for a year) and I think if I try the direct route she will close me off completely and never let me back in. I just want to be as close with her as I used to be. I have already tried asking what's different about our relationship without bringing up the eating D/O possibility and that got me nowhere. Can anyone give me any advice? Or at least your opinion on what is going on? I'll answer any questions if you want more information before giving your thoughts. Thanks a lot in advance.

