Eating Disorders Support Group

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How do I tell someone?

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At the moment no one knows that I have an ED, everyone just comments on my weightloss saying I look great, at the start I just wanted to lose weight now I'm scared that I'll put it back on and I can't seem to slow down, what if I can't stop, it's so easy to keep going. I want to tell someone, but I also don't because I know they'll get me to stop and to be honest I don't think I want to. who did you tell, and how did you tell it?
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yer its like your weight becomes your identidy! and if your not that skinny girl than who are you? and the only person who ive actualy told is my sister! and i just told her(after a year!)as for the rest of my family i dont no i think they no but dont actually no!
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tell some one u trust. when someone first noticed mine,they were actually a recovered anorexic. so i was shocked when she said hey,u need help because i thought i had this secret. so people do know they may just not know how to approach it. but tell someone u trust and it is scary but it is going to be ok. the other day i broke down to my friend's mom crying and she just talked tome and didn't judge me. it went better than i thought. take care
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I told a close friend about my eating disorder, who is a recovered anorexic, with a song. The lyrics talked about having an eating disorder, it's called "courage" by superchick.
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Tell someone you're close to or, if you don't want to talk to a friend, then someone you trust but aren't necessarily that close to. When I first got help I was practically forced into it by my friends and it was ages before it started to work. When I relapsed, I pretty much immediately told my friend and she was so amazing, better than I could have imagined, they will be really understanding.
But you should get help, it's a slippery slope downwards and you want to stop before it gets out of hand.
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