Hi guys, I need some help and I hope you guys will be able to give me some advice.
My best friend has a serious EDNOS, she was diagnosed with it at 12 years old, she's now 21 and she's not getting any better. The eating disorder team where we live isn't all that great and rarely hospitalise, only if they're asked to by a GP normally (which I find odd).
She's a gymnast, so being skinny is her life and she's surrounded by it daily but recently she's been a lot worse. Her boyfriend is horrible (there is no other word) he verbally abuses her and uses her fear of getting fat as a way to control her. It's so bad, I can't be around her when he's there, because I constantly want to knock him out.
She has a referral for the local ED team again but she has no intention of going and even when she does, she doesn't tell them the truth and always discharges herself as soon as she can.
I don't know what I'm supposed to do or how I'm supposed to help. Clearly I can't make her tell the truth to the ED team and I can't make her get help but I feel so useless.
What do you guys suggest I do?