How Can I Help My Girlfriend When She’s Anorexic?

Published June 20, 2013

Question by Blue: How can I help my girlfriend when she’s anorexic?
My girlfriend has looked up possible symptoms for being anorexic and she said she has 15 out of 25 symptoms she doesn’t want to tell anyone and only me and one of her friends know, she didn’t want to tell me because she knows I would worry about her and I do… What’s a way I can help her without taking her to a specialist?

Best answer:

Answer by T Dogg
Going to a specialist is likely to help more than anything you can do on your own. You should take her to a specialist, she will thank you for it later.

Answer by Dr.Pkg
Take her to a doctor.That would the best thing you can do for her.

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