What do you do with parents that just don't get it???

[BrokenButterflies]

I've had an eating disorder for over two years, but my parents...they won't admit that anything is wrong.
I think they both know deep down that I have a problom, but they just can't seem to handle the thought of their perfict little girl having something wrong with her.

Anyone else have this prob? what did you do to make them understand?

[Syvelocin]

This type of thing isn't something anyone will truly understand unless you've gone through it. It will always be a struggle. My best advice is to write them a letter, showing them the truth and the severity. What the underlying issue is, how eating and not eating makes you feel. My mum was bulimic so I didn't have that issue too much, but she never self-harmed and it was a bit difficult for her to understand it until I let her in and explained it. Why I do it, how it makes me feel at the time, relating it to something she could understand, that knowledge helped her a lot. Maybe that's something you should try?

They won't understand right away. They need time for it to sink in. Sometimes they'll even go through denial, they can't bring themselves to believe it. But as it progresses I feel they'll realize the seriousness of it.