My parents are making my recovery from bulimia harder?

Question

My parents secretly hide junk food from me even though i never eat it anyway.

They also comment on everything that i eat and everything i wear in negative ways and make me feel like an ugly failure.

Me and my psych are trying to help me recover from bulimia, but my parents are making me feel so much worse, since they dont know about my disorder.

They are really nice, supportive people, but it's just that they dont know how i feel.. but in order to make them stop, i'd have to tell them and i dont think i can.

what should i do?

Answer 1

you can get some books or brochures and leave them on the table for them to read, sit down with mum first and tell her how you feel and ask her if she could have a chat to dad about it that way you can talk to mum and shell talk to dad about how your feeling

Answer 2

if you don't want to tell your parents that is understandable. tell your psych the problem you will get a better answer hopefully.

Answer 3

Well first of all you may want to inform them of your disorder as you cannot blame them when they have no idea how sensative an issue it is for you. You need all the support you can get honey.

Have them join you and your psych in a session or ask them to attend a suport group for parents of children with eating disorders. Educate them lovingly.

Best of luck, keep up the very hard work, it's worth it.

Answer 4

Youre right, your parents are trying to be supportive.  However, they wont know how you feel unless you actually tell them how you feel.  They wont be able to help you unless you are willing to help yourself by letting them in on what you are thinking and whether what they are saying is right or otherwise.

Answer 5

Really nice supportive people will want to do everything they can for you.  Why don't you invite your parents to your next session with your psychiatrist so you can share with them what you are going through with the support of your dr. who can explain the disorder more to them and most importantly be there to make sure you are heard and understood. also your dr can give them specific do's and dont's so they will know the right and wrong way to help you. It isn't fair to criticize them for not being sensitive and supportive when they don't even know what the problem is?! I hope you feel strong enough to go through with this and know you will feel better for having been honest and then having the loving support of your parents behind you.I hope you feel as powerful and beautiful as you are soon.

Answer 6

Are you in counciling? maybe thru them they can help you talk to your parents they may or may not realize what there doing? gotta give them the benifit of a doubt right???