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This may be triggering for some (there is mention of self injury and eating disorders) and/or inappropriate... also may be in the wrong topic, I dunno....<br><br><br><br>
I'll try to keep this short... well I recently posted a thread about my bro's ex who broke up w/him a little over a week ago. He admitted to me that he self injured... then this past few days when I went and stayed w/him he told me it wasn't the first time he had. He also admitted to starving himself and purging. I've noticed significant weight loss w/him, but he recently became vegetarian so I thought that was why (he'd been overweight his entire life, so I figured w/him cutting out unhealthy foods the weight loss happened fairly quickly due to the change and would stable) Well, a bit of history- our mom had eating disorders, self injured, and committed suicide last year. Her one year is comming up next month and my brother said that he doesn't know why he does it and sometimes thinks it's a way to "be closer to mom". I'm very worried about him and don't know how to deal w/it. I don't want to say the wrong thing, but I don't know the right thing to say. I'm also EDed & SI which for me makes it harder to try to say the right thing to him. Him and I are very close, and talk about everything... but when it comes to this I dunno what to do. I've told him that he definitly needs to seek help, and he knows he can call me any time and I'm here for him 100%. I would stay w/him 24/7, but I live 2 hours away, so I can't always be there, but he does have people who know at least some of the situation that are keeping an eye on him. I just dunno what to do for him. Anyway, I can't sleep w/all this on my mind...plus I've been drinking a bit, so this is rambly etc... I just need some advice. This is just a very emotional time, and I'm trying to keep my head straight and stay strong for him, but I just dunno what to do...
I'll try to keep this short... well I recently posted a thread about my bro's ex who broke up w/him a little over a week ago. He admitted to me that he self injured... then this past few days when I went and stayed w/him he told me it wasn't the first time he had. He also admitted to starving himself and purging. I've noticed significant weight loss w/him, but he recently became vegetarian so I thought that was why (he'd been overweight his entire life, so I figured w/him cutting out unhealthy foods the weight loss happened fairly quickly due to the change and would stable) Well, a bit of history- our mom had eating disorders, self injured, and committed suicide last year. Her one year is comming up next month and my brother said that he doesn't know why he does it and sometimes thinks it's a way to "be closer to mom". I'm very worried about him and don't know how to deal w/it. I don't want to say the wrong thing, but I don't know the right thing to say. I'm also EDed & SI which for me makes it harder to try to say the right thing to him. Him and I are very close, and talk about everything... but when it comes to this I dunno what to do. I've told him that he definitly needs to seek help, and he knows he can call me any time and I'm here for him 100%. I would stay w/him 24/7, but I live 2 hours away, so I can't always be there, but he does have people who know at least some of the situation that are keeping an eye on him. I just dunno what to do for him. Anyway, I can't sleep w/all this on my mind...plus I've been drinking a bit, so this is rambly etc... I just need some advice. This is just a very emotional time, and I'm trying to keep my head straight and stay strong for him, but I just dunno what to do...