This is my best friend.
At the moment sheâs being kept alive by tubes and needles because her eating disorder is currently stronger than she is.
Does she weigh 90lbs?
No, she doesnât.
Does it look like her eating disorder is âless severeâ because sheâs not âthat thinâ? Do you think her situation sounds âless severeâ because sheâs not âthat thinâ?
Tubes and needles.
Constant supervision.
Pain, anger, agony.
Hunger, thirst, suffering.
Dizziness, constipation, freezing cold. Passing out in front of other patients and staff.
Painful injections of vitamins and whatnot.
Nurses whoâre force feeding her, whoâre forcing fluids into her body because her eating disorder is currently stronger than she is.
90lbs or not, without treatment - my best friend will die.
Would you have walked past her on the street and thought she even had an eating disorder at all? Probably not, because people keep believing you can measure or estimate a persons physical and mental health state based on the silhouette of someoneâs body.
Never underestimate someoneâs eating disorder just because they donât look âthat thinâ to you.
Being âthinâ is just one of MANY symptoms of an eating disorder and itâs far, far from the most important one. Anyone can struggle and if someone you know struggles: donât assume theyâre alright just because they donât look âthat thinâ.
Eating disorders come in one size; MISERABLE.
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