Messages By: wdisneynut

I saw the previews for this show and was very afraid to watch.  Mainly because I am the mother of a 19 year old daughter who I'm afraid is on her way to a situation like Aimee's.  During high school she has always struggled with self esteem, which of course her dad and I could not understand, and still cannot.  She is beautiful, has the figure most women would die for and can sing like an angel.  But it doesn't matter.  For some reason she hates herself.  We have been to numerous counselors and even contemplated a treatment center, but her counselor thought she probably wouldn't be admitted because she wasn't physically sick.   The weird thing is she doesn't purge, (that we know of), but she has taken laxatives and when she eats, she hates herself for it.  She is always on the scale.  She goes to school in NY and I know she struggles with it emotionally constantly.  Even having a boyfriend who treats her like a queen doesn't seem to help.  I am scared to death for her.  I don't want to see this happen to her and want her to find a way to love herself again, like she did when she was a little girl.  Help, please.

I'm sorry, but it obvious that you have not had a loved one go through anything like this.  Attention!!!  That is usually the last thing they want.  Do not judge until you've walked a mile in their shoes.