[Super_LinK]

Hi everyone, I was hoping you guys can help me with a problem...I hope its in the right section

Anyway I have this friend who is living with me and she's literally DYING to be skinny. She refuses to listen to me and even ignores me to the point she wont leave her room because I'm home. What she's basically doing each day is only drinking water, taking dieting pills, and eating only one meal a day. She coops herself in her room and refuses to leave it. I'm afraid she's gonna harm her body and may even end up causing health problems, but the problem is she refuses to listen to me! She claims that what she is doing is healthy and says she reads health articles everyday (HAHAHA right...) and all she does is sit in front of the computer in her room and literally starves herself.
Personally I am very tired of her, and she's causing worry among my family members who are also worried about her (and she refuses to listen ANYONE). Like she used to the type of person who loves sweets but now she refuses to eat ANYTHING that is considered FOOD.

I am on my wits end trying to get her to excercise and even TALK to me (which she refuses).
Note: she is renting a room in my house and we go to the same school so if thats any help..

So the question is: is there any other way to get her to eat at all?? and has anyone ever went throught the same thing? if you did what did you do about it?

[Poop-Shoop-A-Loop]

has she been doing this for long? if not, it should be easy to try and break her.

put her favoritest foods in front of her then leave.. maybe she'll cheat XD
slip pictures of those scary looking anorexic girls under her door to show her how sickly she will end up looking like D:
get therapy for her.

[Super_LinK]

^ LOL i've actually tried that(leaving the food on the table) but then she just leaves it there to waste...
I wish i could suggest theraphy but she wouldnt even talk to me (like i tried talking to her and she just ignores me or gives me one word replies like yea, no, dunno, whatever or "....").

some more information: She's only 16 and her ideal of skinny is like her "friends" who are below the 100 pound mark =_=
Im 115 pounds and 5'3 and so i tried to eat in front of her to make her eat to and she ended up calling me a pig :/
She's only a bit taller than me and has had this going on for a month now (july to now)

[Baby9]

That's really unhealthy.
She might end up KILLING herself!
After this thread has a lot of comments, send it to her, maybe she'll get the idea that everyone thinks it's really unhealthy and if she keeps this up, SHE'LL DIE!

Try getting other people (like friends and family) to talk to her and convince that it's not healthy.
Don't every try those "It's really easy and you'll lose weight fast" diets.
Exercising and eating healthy is the way to go!

[CtlunatC]

grab your friends and family members and together grab her and hold her down as you shove food down her throat.

if not that, then keep reasoning with her. if you show her pictures of skeleton like skinny girls that starve themselves and she thinks they're beautiful, send her to a therapist cuz she's slowly killing herself right now.

stop her before she ends up in the hospital

[EverCool]

Get a adult to try and talk to her.

[yooniceland]

i've been like that before, and it's not going to last long until she breaks.
wait... a month? dang... she has self control... o_o
i honestly think that getting an adult really doesn't make anything better, it'll probably make it worse.
when an adult tried to talk me out of it, i just did it more to shove it back in their face.
and trying to shove all that food might make her puke it back out, and that's really unhealthy.

i think one way is to get a bunch of friends who are around her weight to tell her how thin she looks and that she should eat more, but don't make it to the point that it looks obvious that they're faking it.
or get guys to come over and tell them to talk about how skinny girls turn them off.

[hankyungie]

dude, since she's under 18, is she your liability if anything happens?
tell her that if she doesn't get help or whatever, she has to go.

[CutieGirl303]

dump her diet pills into the toliet bowl, lol
after awhile she stops taking them im guessing she'll get hungry.

[Jnn]

she probably is reading "health articles" everyday...on anorexia websites and other false advertising company sites =/
i agree with Evercool...get an adult to confront her. she has to listen to your mom, or call her parents/gaurdian? is she a home-stay or..?
even if she doesnt talk to you, if this gets too serious just prepare a speech, stand outside her door and talk.

or, just break down in front of her and start crying.

[patback]

i'd kick her out if this continues on.

on the other side, drinking water and only water would be harmful (depending on how much she or anybody consumes).
and 1 meal a day definitely does not have enough nutrients for a day, so it is harming her. :[

[lovejyk]

Its going to be really hard to convince her to do something about it since stuff like this is like seriously mainly a psychological thing. Just keep trying to talk to her. Good luck

[vintageballad]

I think both your families should talk to each other about it.

[maoling]

Tough love.

Bring her to a doctor, take her to help sessions for anorexia, make her realize that she has developed a serious disease that must be overcome quickly before it takes a permanent toll on her body.

I read some posts that said to flush her pills down the toilet, that is a very good idea. Those pills are probably steroids and they are very bad for her. Be mean. You have to be if you're going to save her life.

[Pachii]

Firstly, I must say as much as you think it is, the issue is not about the food.
It goes much deeper than that. There must be something bothering her from within that's manifesting itself with this response. Her refusal to eat food is only a symptom of the true underlying issues.

What I suggest is that you try and talk to her gently, and see if she will open up to reveal any underlying problems. It's much more pschycological than physical- though it's the physical side that most people tend to focus on. Don't be surprised if she shuts you off- it's a normal reaction.

I tell you this from personal experience. =[

[katoi]

DO NOT try to tempt her with food or "shove food down her throat".
If she really does have anorexia or an eating disorder, eating would only make her feel like a failure and more depressed. Don't spread this around with your friends but try to keep it between your family. Get her professional help and don't act insensitive to her problems. Do not be mean to her and force her to do things that she doesn't want to do because that could just push her off the edge and make her lose her trust in you. This could just be a phase but if she does have a eating disorder, you should help her by seeking a psychologist or a professional before the problem becomes worse. If you can't get a psychologist, go to your schools guidance counselor and ask for help.

Just keep showing her your love and let her know that there are people who really love her for who she is.

[saraluv7]

Who is she?
She's smart by trying to go on a diet... just like me.
I used to be pimply and fat and so I starved myself for 2 weeks straight.
It worked and I'm happy.

[saintdaifuku]

i'm not sure if this would work, but maybe try reverse psychology? so, ask if she'd wanna go exercise/jogging with you, tell her it'll help her be thinner and healthier too! if she hasn't eaten anything, after working out, i'm sure her body will want to eat
...at least i hope it works out in this way

like what's been said before, make sure you're attentative to her problems and be gentle, she's probably really fragile right now [not just physically]

[Scarlet]

wow. flush her diet pills. tell her that exercise and eating right can help her be skinny. she's probably just taking the whole skinny being the epitome of beauty too seriously. probably admires models and stuff too much. better act fast. she's killing herself with what she's doing. =[

[woei]

omg..this is bad....she got aneroxic......maybe u can seek some advices from the counselor n help her...