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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not like a personality disorder, but if is not uncommon for it to co-occur with a personality disorder according to some research I saw.[/quote]

I had a close friend in college with bulimia, this was 30 years ago.  She canceled plans a lot, and tended to minimize the severity of her illness until it came to a head in a crisis, whereby i really saw the degree of her illness and the way it overlapped with what could be a rigid personality. I denied a lot of it too. At the time I was not mature enough to work it through with her, plus her unreliability and secrecy contributed to my  resentment. Now as an adult I see that she was struggling with her own demons and I also see that her battle did make her self pre occupied (understandably) and therefore she was a limited friend in some ways but great in other ways. I wish I could have had the maturity to not personalize her illness. For a long time we were close and then the ed wore me down. We were both very young and immature although we did not realize it. It takes two to make a great friendship. She was a great friend overall.

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