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Sep 04, 2007, 10:01 PM
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how can i be supportive to my boyfriend who suffers from bulimia? he says he has suffered for 6 years now-tried a therapist and nothing seems to work. hes always depressed and lately incapable of having sex-i had no idea about anything until i looked on this site to find out symptoms of bulimia. i really want to help him but i don't want to push him away or make him worse. what can i do to be supportive? i hate to see him go through this-it nearly makes me sick-please help me.
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Sep 05, 2007, 04:49 PM
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Welcome to PC....
Your question is a bit complicated to answer in one post with just a glimer of information... My former spouse suffered from an eating disorder...support can be very scary for someone in his position. Telling you about it ... now makes you an "unsafe" person in someways...you know the secret...the secret itself can for some hold much power...so there may be some future denial of this in the near future...that everything is ok now... The first thing you will want to know that it really isn't about the food...there is something going on much deeper...you mention depressed...was this from your observation or from a therapists diagnosis? The second thing you will want to know that there is very little you can do to make him worse...there are some things that can do to help...but it will really be up to him to make a choice to get the help he will need to begin to overcome this. PM me more information or post again...
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Sep 05, 2007, 06:37 PM
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i didn't kno him when he went to a therapist-so as far as diagnosis go-there are none-when i say depressed-im going on what i see i guess-and my own personal struggle with depression. how do you watch the person you love go through this-he's always not feeling good-im so worried about his health. It makes me feel better that there is little i can do to make him worse-bc i sometimes just feel like i do everything wrong-i just want to see him happy again-and i don't know how to bring it up without him shutting me out-i don't know how to let him know that im a safe person-and i care so much about him. he says when he has to talk about it-it makes him feel like he wants to just kill himself bc he feels so ashamed-im in a catch 22.
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Sep 05, 2007, 08:51 PM
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It's not easy to watch...not easy at all...
I've got to go help my middle one with spelling...try to right more later...
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