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Hi guys,
My name is Emily, and while I personally do not have an eating disorder, I know someone who does. But she's only someone I know over the internet from another blog site, and I really just met her a few months ago. So I feel totally helpless, because its not like she knows me well enough to really care or listen to anything I say, and I really don't want to do anything to alienate her too quickly.
She is both anorexic and bulemic, though she says that she loves Ana more than Mia. And she really LOVES her ED. She'll write about how Ana, Mia, and Ed are the only real friends she has, or needs. I can't help but get really scared sometimes, when she'll say things like how good it feels to be able to hear her heart beating through her arm, or how much she wants to get rid of ALL of her muscle as well fat, so that she is literally just skin and bones.
I have no clue what I can do to help, but I really feel like I've got to at least try to do something. I've also seen some of her friends that she knows from real life lurking around her blog, and they also seem worried about her and care about her. So maybe I could get in touch with them, and tell them what they can do to help, once I find that out myself?
Any comments, suggestions, or opinions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
will probably end up x-posted
My name is Emily, and while I personally do not have an eating disorder, I know someone who does. But she's only someone I know over the internet from another blog site, and I really just met her a few months ago. So I feel totally helpless, because its not like she knows me well enough to really care or listen to anything I say, and I really don't want to do anything to alienate her too quickly.
She is both anorexic and bulemic, though she says that she loves Ana more than Mia. And she really LOVES her ED. She'll write about how Ana, Mia, and Ed are the only real friends she has, or needs. I can't help but get really scared sometimes, when she'll say things like how good it feels to be able to hear her heart beating through her arm, or how much she wants to get rid of ALL of her muscle as well fat, so that she is literally just skin and bones.
I have no clue what I can do to help, but I really feel like I've got to at least try to do something. I've also seen some of her friends that she knows from real life lurking around her blog, and they also seem worried about her and care about her. So maybe I could get in touch with them, and tell them what they can do to help, once I find that out myself?
Any comments, suggestions, or opinions are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
will probably end up x-posted