That's the paradox of her mental illness. She doesn't want to be helped because she honestly believes she doesn't have a problem. That's another reason why she falls under the 5150 guidelines. And, oh, the family attorney damn well knows she qualifies. Just sayin'.
ETA: It is beyond tragic that she is not being helped. It is flat out criminal.
Itās so complex as i agree with you that she believes she doesnāt have a problem yet she aludes to the pro-ana community with the butterfly emojiās and captions that are highly suggestive of a person who knows they are in the grips of an ED.
Psychologically, I feel like thereās so much
tit for E to deal with before she even gets to the point of addressing her ED. I know the Shane Dawson intervention appeared to work in terms of getting her to admit there was a ED but I honestly donāt feel it went deep enough psychologically. It scratched the surface of her at best acknowledging an issue, but I feel that she only went there as he has so many subscribers and she wanted to capitalise on his audience. Deep down I donāt think she really wanted treatment. She went through the motions, did the interview afterwards with Shane then went straight back into her ED.
Itās almost as if she is lost to the monster that is social media. Shes almost gained a sense of infamy through being anorexic and I imagine a lot of her self worth is wrapped up in that. Her comments are all about her illness or people saying how great she looks. Her family have failed to take action and reinforced/condoned her ED through their LACK of action. Her own mother takes her photos. If I was her mother, Iād refuse to take photos of her until she was at the very least at a stable weight. Iād want to protect her from going further down the rabbit hole with the daily body checks, pro ana comments, weird people that fetishise EDās etc.
I canāt imagine she earns money from her Instagram, does she even have a sponsorships? So what is she even gaining from posting? Notoriety? Reinforcement of her ED?
She needs to come off socials, seek inpatient treatment and develop healthy boundaries with her family. Rediscover who she was before instagram/twitch etc and hopefully lead a full healthy life. I really hope this happens for her and sooner rather than later at the rate as Iām dreading the day I check up on her to see that sheās succumbed to this awful illness. Sheās worth so much more than this existence.
Love to those of you struggling with EDās. A healthy life is so worth it so seek help if you need it and mute this thread if it is likely to be triggering x