dont know how to help

Hiya!

I think its Lovely that you want to help your sister! Ed's are really complex things and it sound like you know your stuff to do with them.Your right it could be your sisters lack of confidence or her trying to gain control. People with ED's dont really see what everyone else sees about them while you see a pretty young girl that has her whole life ahead of her and is going to do well.ED's shadow this and make the sufferer see something else. If u get me? I had been a sufferer of anoreixa for 4 or 5 years and I am just recovereing now and I am nearly there and even when I was at my poorlest time I still saw i was a bit fat and could loose a bit of weight and really I looked ill!

 I think that its great your sister is talking to you about this cos this shows that she trusts you and that she is willing to talk about it which is a good sighn.

What I can suggest strongly is that you try and get your sister to go to the doctors.You could say that you will go with her for support and she does'nt have to talk if she does'nt want to maybe u could do the talking for her? Or that she could go on her own if she wishes!

As for telling your parents thats up to you.I would strongly say that it is important so they can help but its not compuserly if u feel this might make things worse!

You are an amazing support to your sister and with you supporting her I am sure she will make a great recovery.I wont lie recovery is hard and can take a lot of time and there will be times when she may relapse but thats all part of recovery.

I am here if u want to talk to me because I know it must be hard for you too,

 Jenny

Hi, my sister has anorexia and she doesn't eat but makes herself sick too, last year she went to hospital because something was wrong with her blood and she could of died.  That was because she made herself sick because when you are sick you lose other things from your body and it damages your body.

Maybe if you told your sister about my sister and how she nearly died it would help her realise you are not making too much fuss?  MY sis is very pretty too but she is very very thin.  She would look better if she wasn't so thin I think but she thinks she is fat and has to lose more weight.

I don't know how you can help, I try to talk to my sister but she won't listen and she swears at me when I try to help.

I would love to talk to you some more?

Elizabeth

Hiya Elizabeth ,

I know your post is for rhos 55 but I just want to say that I am here if u want to talk to me and that not to take to heart the way your sister is reacting she is just poorly right now and her body is all mixed up with hormones and lack of food can effect the way you think and act but I know she still loves you very much!

I am always here,

Love Jennyxxxxxxxxxxxx