I Told My Parents!

Three people knew about my eating disorder even before I really realized I was anorexic. Through my journal, my history teacher found out, and she told my school nurse and my tennis coach. I then had to be weighed by the nurse every week or two. They all wanted to tell my parents, but they respected my privacy and said they would hold off for a while. A few friends suspected something was wrong, but no one else really knew.
Around April of '99, my parents began to notice something was up with me. I was always wearing tons of layers, always freezing, and I was eating VERY STRANGE combinations of foods! Plus I had become a little more withdrawn and I pulled away from their hugs. But I was a pretty good actress... I hid things for a long time, and even when they began to notice, I came up with good explantions for everything. But I was "stretching the truth" (I prefer that to lying), and I can't stand being dishonest.
Anyway, one day I wore a shirt that was more low-cut than the ones I usually wore. My mom took one look at me and pulled out the scale. She said she could REALLY see my collar bones, and she lifted op the back of my shirt to see a well-defined backbone. It scared her. Still, she didn't know the whole story.
That weekend she made me put on my bathing suit so she could see just how thin I had gotten. She was shocked. She said I looked awful, and she was going to start watching me eat. I cried and cried. The whole weekend they forced me to eat... and though I hated it, I realized how much I missed eating. Finally, that Sunday night, I told my mom I had an eating problem. I thought she would be mad, hurt, or a number of other things. BUT SHE WASN'T!!! She hugged me a lot and we both cried, and she was RELIEVED I told her, because she had been really worried about me!

The reason I'm telling you all this is because I WANT YOU TO TELL YOUR PARENTS. Your parents are already worried about you, trust me. People with EDs and SM issuse act differently without even realizing it, and your parents HAVE picked up on that! Your parents will be RELIEVED to find out the whole truth! My experience with telling my parents went well. I know others who have told their parents, and it was a good experience for them too! It will be such a relief to YOU!!
PLEASE TELL YOUR PARENTS. I want YOU to get the help you NEED and DESERVE. Click here for ways to tell your parents: Ways to Tell Your Parents

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