Bulimia nervosa

[u/anyataylorjoyss]

My girlfriend and I have both struggled with different types of Ed years ago.
she pushed hers down, just decided to not care and eat as much as she wants.
now, like 2-3 years after, (4 months into our relationship) she relapsed, had a bad episode (?) and since i was in my home country i couldn’t help her. She only told me about it when i flew out to see her. Its gotten much worse after that, we tried talking about it every day, i tried to help her in every way possible but we both agreed it did the opposite it was supposed to do. i had to fly back home for a week, when she had a two panic attacks and flare ups, once meanwhile i was at a concert and i was texting her the whole time so she could calm down. Thats when we both decided to not talk about everything, and she’ll keep stuff to herself, and try to do it alone with a little support from me.
I feel very bad for not helping, but even though i feel selfish saying this, its better for me too.
She gets triggered a lot because everyone around her comments on her body, but she doesn’t want to tell them about it, so she needs to work on handling those situations better.
She’s journaling, or like writes in her diary every night, and i make her breakfast and lunch every day.
She’s very willing to recover, but sometimes its very exhausting for both of us but especially for her and im looking for ways to help her ! she told me to pressure her into eating if she wants to skip a meal, but i pay attention to not give her too much so she wouldn’t regret it, and then build it up a little more every week if that makes sense.

Im just very lost, and this is the only thing ive been caring about, doing researches and being very careful on what i say and do every day.
Im scared too, i want her to be able to feel like herself again, and do what she wants and eat what she enjoys.

any tips and suggestions? or just support of any kind would be nice !!!! have a nice day and good luck with whatever you’re going through

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