[joshuas-mommy]

My mom constantly puts her hand on my stomach and tells me to suck in my gut. She also tells me to only eat half of what I normally eat. I normally only eat once a day because my medicine causes weight gain. I have been losing weight. But, what really causes me to feel angry is that my ex-boyfriend acted like this with his daughter. I thought he should love his daughter unconditionally and reported him to my psychologist I met after a suicide attempt. Why would it be okay for my mom to treat me like this, but it is not okay for my ex to treat his daughter this way?

Also, the mental health workers commented on my weight when I weighed 113 lbs. They said I was not that skinny, but I was fat, even though I rarely ate food. They also said I was a stupid ***** because I wasn't eating a single meal a day.

When I eat around my mom, I feel ashamed and I go home and binge eat.

My mom also gets mean when I lose weight. She was very envious of me when I had anorexia.

[Nike007]

I'm sorry about your mother. My mom does the same thing with me to, except I understand I am overweight. I do have weight problems, but not as much as I believe she sees it. My mom has yelled at me, saying I'm obese and what not. The BMI does in fact say I am obese, but I don't look obese at all. My friends even agree I am not an obese person at all. I look fine, but I am not sure if they mean that or they are being nice. I am assuming they mean it because I told them my mom was yelling that I was obese and will die in my 30s if I don't lose weight. Sigh.

I don't binge eat, but I do eat a lot of crappy food when my mom isn't there because it feels good. She wants me to be a normal weight and eat healthy. It's not that easy like that. I feel really depressed and unmotivated to do anything really. Whatever, I have been ignoring those dumb comments. I suggest you do the same. Try not to get wilded up about it. It's not fair for them to do, but you can't control what others say. You can only control your actions.

I wish you luck .

Social anxiety disorder, GAD, OCD, and panic attacks

Lexapro, 10 mg

[HonestlyLying]

your mother is stepping over her boundries with you. Tell her to keep her hands off of you. That's not exactly normal. She sounds like she's neurotic. My mother was the same way and I got so mad. When she died I felt extremely guilty for all the **** I put her through with my anorexia.

When I spoke to the doctors after being diagnosed with ana they said that anorexic patients tend to be enmeshed with their mothers.

[eskielover]

Some...I know growing up I tried hard to be nothing like my mom. She said she gained weight after getting married....I worked out & played racquetball with the guys at work to keep that from happening. I only gained a little more than my baby weighed when I got pregnant after being married 2 years while everyone else was gaining bunches. I exercised my whole pregnancy swimming. So it wasn't reallybsurprising when stress brought on full fledged anorexia at the age of 42 when life was falling apart with the loss of my engineering career. Only thing I had control over at the time was what I ate. It could be seen as an enmeshed relationship with mother trying so hard to be NOTHING like her....though she wasn't that much in my life during those years & the only control she had was my brain fighting to be nothing like her.

Know it's probable difficult to distance yourself from your mother butnit might be the best thing for you at this point in your life