What to Do?

You've clearly recognized you need help. Please don't let this precious window of realization - and opportunity - close again. Remember there are many people who have battled the same thing your battling and they have come through it. You can too. I read the other day that as many as 15 percent of young women adopt unhealthy attitudes and behaviors about food. So firstly you're not alone and second there are many proven routes you and those who love you can take. Please help yourself - for real - and very soon.

I think it is very important and a step in the right direction, that you have decided to write this, and ask for help. Is there a close friend or family member that you could talk to and help you through this? I know the pressures of staying thin can seem to override everything, especially in this beauty obsessed society. But what you need to realize, is that your health, and mental well being are much more important. I hope you seek the help that you need to get through this very difficult period of your life.

Hi JC. I am worried about you. It doesn't matter that the doctor didn't notice your eating disorder; you know it's there. Your body is malfunctioning, you wrote so yourself. You say you want your outside to match the beauty of your inside. How is that possible it you keep attacking it and depriving it of nutrients? What did you end up telling the doctor as your symptoms?