Call me crazy, but I think my mother is going through a mid-life crisis. I’m not trying to joke about this because I find this very serious but it’s the only way I can cope with it because I can’t really see my mother as the type of person to go through a situation like this.

Since my mother had me, she’s been a heavier woman. No, not obese to the extent of aid when walking, moving, eating, breathing or living for that matter, just a woman with a fuller figure, for the lack of a better phrase. Lately, since she’s gone through her divorce she’s had this feeling of focusing on herself and feeling better about who she looks, and I’m more than happy to support her through it. It’s been three months or so since the divorce, and she’s lost more than 50 pounds and is almost down to my size. Although I’m taller than her, she’s becoming more lean and muscular and nearly thinner than me. She says she’s happy with the way she looks now, but keeps staying at the gym for almost 5 hours, then comes home late.

Lately, She hasn’t been eating full meals, or eating hardly anything at all. I’ve been hearing from the study or from the living room what sounds like vomiting. No, it’s not like coughing from a cold or because she’s choking, it’s sounds of forceful coughs coming from her bathroom. And these aren’t occasional, they’re as common every other day and as forceful as if something is making her throw up, like a tapeworm almost. I’m not trying to make “an ass of u and me”, but these all sound like symptoms of bulimia. I’m getting really worried for my mother as if she’s trying to lose too much weight too fast and I don’t want her to get sick or hurt from doing this. I didn’t want to consult a doctor yet because I’m sincerely not sure, and I haven’t told her yet because I don’t want her to think that I’m accusing her of cheating on her weight-loss plan or anything like that.

I’m worried and don’t know what to do. All she’s been doing is taking vitamins, eating one meal a day, if that, and spends 40% of her day at the gym. I’m confused and don’t know if I should consult someone about this issue.

Topics: health, excercise, love, care, crisis, mother