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Am I a bad person for lying this way or justified?

So I'm in a tough situation at the moment .

I'm a 22 year old female . The background story is that for years I've had eating disorder issues , binge eating , trying to throw up food etc my mother has quite a strict attitude towards weight and excerise so I hid it from her and when she found out I was hiding it from her she wasn't happy but I was just afraid of her reaction and being called a fatty etc . Over the years I continued and developed digestive issues like ibs, bloating and while I sometimes still binge eat and she sometimes caught me lying still , she believes that now I'm working on it and that I stopped doing it and she's going out and trying to help me with the bloating and buying all these healthy foods for me , reading all these health websites but she dosnet know that sometimes I just couldn't help myself and still binge eat and eat something unhealthy but I'm just afraid to tell her and feel bad about it?

Is it not such a big lie as I'm making it out to be and I'm safe to lie in this context or am I truly a bad guilty person?

At first I didn’t make much of it but now I’m starting to feel guilty but to tell her also makes me afraid

Reply 1

You’re an adult and can choose what you want to share so it’s not really lying. Quite likely your Mum would prefer it if you were completely open about your eating. It’s about deciding if you want to do that and if how she responds would help or not. In any case it might be helpful to have someone independent of the situation to talk it through with

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by Anonymous
So I'm in a tough situation at the moment .
I'm a 22 year old female . The background story is that for years I've had eating disorder issues , binge eating , trying to throw up food etc my mother has quite a strict attitude towards weight and excerise so I hid it from her and when she found out I was hiding it from her she wasn't happy but I was just afraid of her reaction and being called a fatty etc . Over the years I continued and developed digestive issues like ibs, bloating and while I sometimes still binge eat and she sometimes caught me lying still , she believes that now I'm working on it and that I stopped doing it and she's going out and trying to help me with the bloating and buying all these healthy foods for me , reading all these health websites but she dosnet know that sometimes I just couldn't help myself and still binge eat and eat something unhealthy but I'm just afraid to tell her and feel bad about it?
Is it not such a big lie as I'm making it out to be and I'm safe to lie in this context or am I truly a bad guilty person?
At first I didn’t make much of it but now I’m starting to feel guilty but to tell her also makes me afraid

you're not obliged to tell her everything. it can be a pretty difficult mindset to shake if you were raised by a strict parent, but you don't owe anyone 100% honesty, especially if it could affect your mental health.

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