My mom has bulimia. what to do.?

Question:

i just found out today that my mom throws up after she overeats. i don't know how long she's been doing it, and what hurts is that she's the one who always instills in me and my dad how important one's health is. She cooks all this healthy food. She's such a hypocrite though because she keeps wanting me to eat, while she constantly checks her own weight, and sometimes i find her pinching her belly to see how much fat she has. She's really sneaky. As stupid as this sounds, I have this feeling that she's competing with me... running up right after i weight myself to sneak a peak at how much i weigh, furtively looking at how much rice i put in my bowl, deciding to skip meals with me when i say that i'm not hungry. What do i do? Should I confront her about this? It's just really awkward, but if I'm really concerned about her well-being, i know i should do something about this.

Answers:
just try to educate ur mother about the problems this will cause her and tell ur dad so they could maybe take her to the doctors and maybe she needs a therapist. and ask her why she is doing this, say she has a husband who loves her and her kids love her so who is she trying to impress. say that u love her just the way she is.

Tell her to see a doctor

just help her out as much as you can.yes confront her
but make sure she isn't defensive because that could be a sign

This is an illness. Does your dad know about it? Don't keep this to yourself, tell your dad, and be there to love and support your mum. Or if you don't want to tell your dad, is there a grandparent or aunt/uncle you can talk to?

My mom has bulimia. what to do.?

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