I was wondering about anorexia.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230350)
Chile
September 16, 2018 7:54pm CST
I wrote a post about bullying a while ago. Now, when I was answering some comments, I wondered about some similitudes with other problems that young people have: digestive disorders.
When I was young, I never heard about bulimia or anorexia nervosa. Now it is fairly common, specially in girls.
And one of the things that I don´t understand is how can a parent live in the same house of a teen daughter and not realize that she is getting too thin.
In fact, even if we are not people who are aware of the color of the eyes of everyone or what a person was wearing at a ball, we do tend to know if someone is too plum or too thin. So why don´t they do something before it is too late?
Does anyone know about this? Is there an answer?
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@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
17 Sep 18
My mother thought all the time that I was too thin. Time by time she brought me to the doctor who reassured her that I was a bit underweight but healthy and not to stress me insisting to eat. My mother stressed me during all her life saying that I am "too thin", while she never said that my brother was "too big" and this was the case.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 18
I was worried for Claudia when she was a girl because she was picky. It took ages for me to discover that she was manipulating me
. The doctor found her very healthy, but I did have her checked (and her not so picky sister).
. The doctor found her very healthy, but I did have her checked (and her not so picky sister).1 person likes this
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Sep 18
@LadyDuck My mother, half Italian, also had a BIG preference for my brother. But I was daddy´s girl
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@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
18 Sep 18
@marguicha My mother (as every Italian mama) had a BIG preference for my brother, so he was "perfect" as he is, but I was so much smaller and thinner than my brother that she saw me like "anorexic" 
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
17 Sep 18
this reminds me of something i read a long time ago, that some would even sew stones on the hem of their bathrobe or clothes.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 18
But when you hug a person, you can feel if the are bone thin.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 18
As I just replied, I hug my kids. So at anytime of their life I would have noticed a change in weight.
@JudyEv (382038)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Sep 18
I'm not sure that, even if they suspect something, there is much they can do about it. You can't force a person to eat and it can be difficult to make them seek help if they aren't inclined to.
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
17 Sep 18
I wholly agree. I once heard of a girl that was at the hospital because of her problems. I don´t understand why they weren´t stopped before.
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@aureliah (24687)
• Kenya
23 Sep 18
@marguicha People just take things easy before the worst happens and they start regreting
