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Should I do anything about my maybe anorexic neice
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 20384" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Janet, I feel guilty not at least trying to intervene, but what if I'm wrong? I am so hated in the family and my sister isn't going to think I just want to help. She doesn't see the anorexic thinking ("I am fat") because it's normal thinking to her, and she's so bone skinny that my grown kids have asked me if she's sick. My sister weighs what Karen Carpenter did when she died, and is the same height (although, I don't think my sister looks as skinny as some people think she does). Anyways, there isn't much I can do other than call CPS, and the social workers at CPS are likely to make things even worse for the child. I hope this is addressed before it really gets out of control. Right now, she's still eating, even if she sticks to Yogurt and apples. The thing that scares me is that her personality (and her twin too) are profiles for anorexia--both get upset if they don't get straight A's or aren't recommended for honors classes, both feel they have to excel at everything (they do!) and both are very self-conscious about their appearance (they should NOT be as they are very beautiful girls). Plus my sister has always harped on excercise, which is a good thing, but not if it spirals out of control. I'm afraid that A. got involved in running due to an eating disorder, not the other way around. I hope I'm wrong, but I've decided not to interfere either way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 20384, member: 1550"] Janet, I feel guilty not at least trying to intervene, but what if I'm wrong? I am so hated in the family and my sister isn't going to think I just want to help. She doesn't see the anorexic thinking ("I am fat") because it's normal thinking to her, and she's so bone skinny that my grown kids have asked me if she's sick. My sister weighs what Karen Carpenter did when she died, and is the same height (although, I don't think my sister looks as skinny as some people think she does). Anyways, there isn't much I can do other than call CPS, and the social workers at CPS are likely to make things even worse for the child. I hope this is addressed before it really gets out of control. Right now, she's still eating, even if she sticks to Yogurt and apples. The thing that scares me is that her personality (and her twin too) are profiles for anorexia--both get upset if they don't get straight A's or aren't recommended for honors classes, both feel they have to excel at everything (they do!) and both are very self-conscious about their appearance (they should NOT be as they are very beautiful girls). Plus my sister has always harped on excercise, which is a good thing, but not if it spirals out of control. I'm afraid that A. got involved in running due to an eating disorder, not the other way around. I hope I'm wrong, but I've decided not to interfere either way. [/QUOTE]
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