MamasHealth.com Home Asking for Help Stories Afraid Bulimia Story Bulimic and In Trouble Bulimic or Anorexic Consequences Cry for Help Eighth Grade Social Growing Up Thick Healthy Woman Help Me Homemaker Haunts Me I Chose Bulimia I Don't Know What To Do I Feel Trapped I Have A Life To Live I Just Want To Stop I Need Help I Want To Get Better I Want Someone To Care I Wish It's A Cycle It's Killing Me Judge Me Lost All Control My Ongoing Battle My Secret My Sexual Abuse Story My Vicious Cycle No Energy or Body Mass Normal People Not Alone Please Help Please Someone Help! Purging Battle Questions I Ask Myself Uncontinued Story Will It Ever Stop Links Email Mama Addiction stories Anorexia stories Athletic stories Bulimia stories Eating Disorder Family and friends stories Help Me! Herpes stories I'm not healthy stories Medical disease stories Medications and eating disorders Migraine stories Mother stories Recovered Anorexic Recovered Bulimic Recovered Eating Disorder Self esteem stories The Letter "C" Weight stories Mama's Inspirational quotes Mama's Motivational pledges Mama's Health quotes Mama's Poem	Purging Hi, my name is Jessica, and I'm 17 years old. I began to purge at age 12, when my so called friend showed me how to stick my fingers down my throat when I was sick. I started to do it a lot to stay out of school because I got picked on a lot, and lets face it, no one is going to be in school vomiting. After awhile I would look in the mirror and notice that I looked a little thinner. I still didn't have to go to school if I kept throwing up. Well, I told my mom that I felt better after the school year had ended. I was just starting high school then. I lost my boyfriend of 2 years and my mom keeps driving me crazy. I don't know why, but we are always in a competition with our weight and looks. She always tries to look skinner or younger than what she is. She's always' trying fit into my clothes..size 3 or 5. Soon after school started I pretended to get sick and stay sick for so long that I got home schooled. Next year came around and the same thing happened again. Things have gotten much worse over the past 2 years with me and my mother. We are still in competition with each other even though now we are 4 states away from each other. I am 17 now, and scared to gain a pound, and angry with my self that I can't lose one. I'm scared that one day my heart will give out and I might die from this disease if it keeps going. I know that I need help. But I don't know where to find it. Share your story	Sign up for our Email Newsletter For Email Marketing you can trust
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