What would your reaction be if one of your sisters came and told you this...

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Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Go to get help on campus from a professional.

Your sisters will want to help and be there for you, but they aren't qualified to offer the help you need and on some level, as harsh as it sounds, it may not be fair to expect them to.

You're kind of setting them up to fail you. Do you need someone hovering? Will you resent them if they do? Will you resent them if they don't and feel like they abandoned you?

But just as you wouldn't ask them to perform surgery on your self-diagnosed medical problem, having them be your only help with this issue is a bad idea.

Agreed. Like I said, your sisters are not licensed clinicians and all they can do is listen. They cannot help you get better.

Also, consider that your sisters are just regular people. Alot of regular people don't understand eating disorders. They think things like "oh she just does that for attention" or "oh it's not that big of a deal." Or they might totally freak out and feel like they have to hover over you and watch you eat when you're in the kitchen.

Just pointing that out just so you know that people (while they may care about you) don't always understand things and might unintentionally react in a way that you didn't expect.