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Originally Posted by MuddyBoots
Should I even bother telling my mom I have an eating disorder? I mean, what's she going to do about it anyway? Yell at me? Make me feel even worse about myself? I don't know how to explain it in a way she'll understand and be compassionate.
I mean, I never told her about the substance use, and I got better from that (kinda forcefully, but still I haven't given in).
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I'm just sharing my experience. I dealt with bulimia and restricting since I was very young, when I finally told my mom after many years when I was 21 she just brushed it off and told me to not throw up the food because food was expensive (I was still living with her at the time) She was actually the first person I told about it before I finally told my therapist. It felt like she didn't understand at all. I was paying half the rent and for food as well. Not that that's the point but her response was kind of hurtful. I never mentioned it to her again after that , she died in 2016. I moved back to NY and started working on my problems with a treatment team that understood and could be supportive. I hope that your mom can be supportive and I hope that if she's not the supportive type that you have a supportive treatment team
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Diagnosis:
Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia Binge/Purge type