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Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label       08/14/04 05:36 PM Edit Reply Quote BarbaraS Reged: 02/12/03 Posts: 1939 Loc: Wisconsin Some of you are young and very thin, so your moms or mil will worry about an eating disorder. There is alot of pressure for young women to be thin and for a parent it is scary to see their daughters become too thin. It is understandable your moms will push food on you because they are scared of losing you. I was hospitalized for an eating disorder at age 19 and it is a real and scary thing to suffer with. People die from eating disoders or end up with life long medical problems. Having gone through a real eating disorder I can understand why your moms are afraid. That said, my suggestion is print articles from Heather's website that you feel will help your moms better understand what IBS is. There isn't alot of media stories that talk about our bowels. Who wants to talk about bowels? Keep reassuring your moms that you desire to eat. Print you favorite recipes and give them to your moms to try, but don't tell them the recipes are IBS safe. Make a meal yourself that includes dinner and a dessert. When you go home bring your own snacks along. It will take you going the extra mile to make them understand you have a real disorder called, IBS, and not an eating disorder. Remember there is more attention drawn to eating disorders than IBS. Good luck. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator

Entire thread Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label Nelly 08/13/04 09:33 AM For BarbaraS Nelly 08/15/04 08:09 AM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label BarbaraS 08/14/04 05:36 PM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label sherr1 08/15/04 11:32 AM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label melitami 08/13/04 11:52 AM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label Nelly 08/13/04 12:04 PM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label crampgirl 08/13/04 12:43 PM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label Nelly 08/13/04 12:53 PM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label LauraSue 08/13/04 09:52 AM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label BarbaraS 08/14/04 05:21 PM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label LauraSue 08/14/04 06:17 PM Sick person stigma! Nelly 08/15/04 08:14 AM Sickly person stigma crampgirl 08/15/04 06:02 PM Re: Sickly person stigma Nelly 08/15/04 06:11 PM Re: Sick person stigma! LauraSue 08/15/04 11:20 AM Re: Sick person stigma! Nelly 08/15/04 11:23 AM Re: Sick person stigma! mul132 08/15/04 10:57 AM Re: Sick person stigma! Nelly 08/15/04 12:47 PM Re: Sick person stigma! mul132 08/15/04 01:28 PM Re: Sick person stigma! Nelly 08/15/04 06:06 PM Re: Sick person stigma! LauraSue 08/15/04 11:24 AM Right on, Laura! atomic rose 08/15/04 12:07 PM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label crampgirl 08/13/04 12:45 PM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label Nelly 08/13/04 12:08 PM Re: Stigma-ed by IBS, eating disordered label LauraSue 08/13/04 12:52 PM

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