Posted by browneyedgirl827 on November 9, 2005, at 22:08:56
Hello everyone. I've had some things on my mind for a few years now, but have kept them mostly to myself for fear of anger from my family.
I am now a sophomore in college, but my senior year of high school, I was under immense amounts of stress due to many different reasons (one of the big ones was the fact that everyone in my life very much so disliked the guy I was seriously dating at the time and I heard about their disappointment every chance they got to talk). Because of the stress and other factors, I ended up developing what seems to be restricted eating (or disordered eating). Basically it's the borderline of an eating disorder. I didn't tell anyone about my problems until winter of my freshman year. But here's the issue: When my boyfriend and I broke up, instead of telling him and everyone else in my life the real reason (the disordered eating), I told my parents that he cheated on me, when infact, he didn't. This brought my parents to hate him even more than they already did, even though I still had extremely strong feelings for him. To make a long story shorter, the boy and I are now dating again and it's beginning to get back to the level that it was before. He's the only person that I feel like I can be with at this point in my life--I care about him greatly and he makes me feel better than anyone ever has before. My parents still think that he treated me like crap when we were together before and still don't know about my eating problems. The only way I can tell them about this guy and me is if I spill the whole story. It's extremely stressful to worry about and I know that in the long run, I'm going to look back on this and think that I was just being stupid, but right now it's a big issue in my life and is starting to affect my mood. Any input of what I could do would be appreciated...I'm just at a loss.
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