> Someone confided in me today that they have bulimia, and I have no idea what I'm supposed to say to them. I keep going over all these things to say in my mind, but it all sounds like a text book. I would really appreciate any advice any of you could give me, since I really need to help this person.
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> ~Den-Kara


depends on a few variables, but the short answer is to get them psychological help. The variables include things like what you are, and how old they are - - i.e. if you're a teacher and they're a 16 year old, you may be required to report it and facilitate getting them into counselling.


Bulimia is not generally something that a person can overcome by themselves, and it's often very hard to overcome it even with good psychological counselling. She needs to see a psychologist quickly, especially since bulimia not only damages the patient mentally, but physically as well - - -scarring of the throat, rotting of tooth enamel, etc, caused by such frequent contact with bile.