Wait a while longer. Things will change. It may not be now, but it can be tomorrow, it can be the day after that, it can be next week. Again, PM me anytime if you need someone to ramble to, or even just to talk to, alright? I’ll try to be here for you.
Alright. Have you suffered from depression before?
No, but that doesn’t stop me from caring.
So I really did spiral… I have no one to rely on with my mental health at the moment, besides my friends, I feel as if my family doesn’t need to know. What about acting happy? My birth control pills… Well, I’ve started taking them, thankfully. I haven’t thought about stopping yet. And when I do, it’ll be for a healthy reason. Hopefully…
Thank you so much. I kind of do feel like I belong, a little. I tend to not display emotion, much of the time. Remember, I said once, that when I wake up in the morning, I think two things…
I forgot where, but I said, “I wake up, feeling hopeful, that the depression won’t get me. Or, I wake up, knowing that nothing will change.”
Aww. That I will do. But I tend to over think…
This is sorta my first rant, since I’m really new. Like not even 2 days x3
This is not about me. It’s about one of my friends:
So my friend, Jazmin, is already hard-of-hearing, and she has Oculomotor Apraxia.
Well she already has to quit band, which is her life, and it just won’t be the same in band without her. Plus she doesn’t know when, but it’s only a matter of time! So rough life, already. I care about her, she is so funny, and awesome. But 2 days ago I found out she has Anorexia. It all made sense, considering I had never seen her eat, other than 1 time on a field trip. I got so worried, and didn’t want her to ge sick from food deprivation or something. She also has been diagnosed with bulimia. I begged her to eat yesterday, and she told me she ate dinner. But today she confessed she only ate a SINGLE cracker, but her body didn’t keep it down, and she threw up. At school, she complained of a headache, and this worried me. It obviously could have been because of the lack of nutrition. She did eat popcorn, and chicken pot-pie when she got home (or so I hope) but she told me it is because she doesn’t want to be fat, and she’s convinced she already is. She is actually skinny, with a flat stomach. Her dad told her when she was a kid (and she was big back then), no one would love her as much, and that’s just her logic now. He isn’t around anymore, but that’s what she goes by. You don’t wanna be fat, or no one will love you. You can’t get fat if you don’t eat. And even after she ate she stressed so much and had to workout. She doesn’t want to gain any weight. She’s at a healthy normal weight now, but what if it gets worse and she drops pounds rapidly? She told me she didn’t eat once for so long her mom had to force feed her. All of her friends, including me, are telling her she NEEDS to do better with eating, but she won’t listen. I don’t know what to do. I want her to be healthy. 
Hmm. I’ll take that, especially because I do it unknowingly. Sometimes.
That’s terrible… What about her mother? No one close to her besides you and your friends, is supporting her?
The rest of her family must not know… she told us not to talk about it in band, because the director is a family
friend, and he will tell someone
Have you tried convincing her to talk with someone?
Not really… it’s just- she hates talking about it. We have to talk very privately about it because who wants the whole school knowing that stuff? I wouldn’t. I don’t want to bug her about it and make her regret ever telling me.
Well, like @anon55976316 suggested, basically, be there for her. That’s the most you can do. Have patience.
Yeah. I felt rude for a bit earlier at school when she wanted me to be happy with her. But I get it. She tried. That’s good enough
True. I can’t relate, but if I were in your shoes, I’d try to help in anyway. Is there a hotline for eating disorders?
There is the National eating disorder hotline? NEDA
Did you tell her to call them?
I can, but she’ll just rub it off as if it isn’t a big deal.
Thanks. I’ll make sure to encourage her, but not to be too pushy, and be proud of her accomplishments!