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My SIL who's 17, turning 18 and heading off to college in a few months. She used to be about 120 pounds (she's about 5'6") but when she came over today and I noticed that she's a lot smaller than she was before and she looks tired. She's drinking lots of water, but not eating. When we all eat, she eats a little here and there and later on says she ate earlier and isn't hungry. I'm not sure when this started, but I'm just noticing the signs of her possibly having an eating disorder.
I struggled with EDNOS for quite a while and pretty much can tell when somebody's dealing with eating issues because they're in the same position I was in. I want to bring it up to my MIL, but I'm not sure if I should directly bring it up to my SIL first and just talk to her and see what's going on. Any suggestions?
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Thanks for the help, guys. Since kids in NY have a week off, I invited her to come over for a couple of days to just hang out with us. I'm gonna take her out to some of her favorite places on Saturday and try to talk to her and see what's going on. I'm hoping she'll open up to me since we have a pretty good relationship- wish me luck!
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I would say talk to her, she may not appreciate you going to her mother without even talking to her first! Think about how you would want her to approach you on the matter if the tables were turned! It'll be easier for you to talk to her about it because you had the problem yourself too! We all go through what we do for a reason, and maybe your going through it was so you can help her!
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Yeah, that's a tough position to be in. If you think she'd be open to talking about it, I would try bringing it up with your SIL first. But if you think she'd really deny it, it might be better to talk to her mom first.
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The thing is, I've struggled with eating disorders and I just am really stuck now that I'm on the end of "what should I do to help" instead of when I used to "be the one with the problem", you know? It's a bit confusing about what to do.
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Thats a tough call, but i would defenitly talk to someone about it. Eating disorders are very serious and if they go on for to long obviously death could be on the table. I knowen people who had the same disorder and even with help love and support ended up dying from this disease. So even if someone does get mad or upset with you, your doing the right actions out of love., and some day they will understand that.
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