bulemia steps to recovery ? Posted: 03-17-08 09:49am
Hi, my girlfriend of about 3 months just
told me she has been suffering terribly
from bulimia for 4 years. She has only
told a few people ( I think her parents
and me and maybe a professor) and I know
she is trying to reach out for help. She
is on her second year of college and tells
me that she has gotten much better since
high school where she would purge as much
as four times a day. She says it only
happens once a week now but I don't know
if she is telling the truth. Could she be
struggling with it just as much now?
I've read the basics about bulimia and it
is practically a textbook case. It
started as her just over eating to comfort
herself with the stress and lack of
confidence at theater camp. To compensate
for over eating she felt the need to vomit
after binging in order to control
something in her life. I noticed she does
seem to eat a bit more than most so I'm
not 100% sure she remains safe. Her
family can only afford the University
counseling sessions but is there a
multitude of cures? What are the steps to
recovery from this horrible disorder?
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Posted: 06-25-08 19:35pm
Hi, there.
Thera are not specific paths to follow, in
a strict order, I mean, to get there.
First of all, it's really important that
she understands that this is a disorder
and that she can get out of it. Then, it's
prement that she wants it...
Do you think she wants to get healthy? How
informed is she about bulimia's deadly
numbers?
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