What should I do if I suspect my friend is anorexic?
I think the same thing, I think if you have a friend who's anorexic, what you really want to be able to do, if you want to talk to them about a suspicion of an eating disorder with a friend, it's very important to have behaviors that you can describe. So you can say, "you know, when you and I go out for dinner, it seems like you just kind of push the food around on your plate, you don't really seem to eat much. And whatever we're left with,you know I eat my food, but I notice that you hardly eat anything and you always say 'I'm full' when we're done, or 'Oh my gosh I ate too much,'" or, another behavior you might be able to describe is that, you know, we set up a dinner date to go out for dinner and you tell me, oh, you got super hungry and then you ate ahead of time or something, and you end up having a cup of tea with me or something like that. Or, we spent a whole weekend together and I hardly saw you eat. So I'm just kind of worried about you and wondering if you might be struggling with some food issues. I would not say the word 'anorexia,' just say I'm wondering if you might be struggling with some food issues.