Really concerned about some of DD16’s behaviour lately. We have a much better relationship with her generally since she finally split up with her toxic, controlling GF & are able to talk to her openly about a lot of things but this particular thing is proving difficult. She’s barely eating & often does very vigorous exercise in her room, sometimes immediately after food if she’s had any. Her room has laminate flooring which makes it sound extra loud. I was outside her room earlier as she was exercising & she was talking incomprehensibly, gasping & sometimes almost letting out a scream - it could almost be sexual. She sounds out of breath as soon as she starts whatever it is (sounds like jumping up & down very fast or sometimes the bed springs are squeaking) & it has occasionally sounded like she’s swearing. I did chat to her but she just laughed when I told her I’m worried it’s something sexual & that someone online may be persuading her to do inappropriate stuff. We have also talked about her refusal to eat/fear of food & reassured her that we will support & help her in whatever ways she needs us to.
My main reason for posting is to ask if any parents have experience of worrying trends on TikTok or similar or experience of websites that promote competitive starving? DD showed me some photos on Tumblr & they were absolutely horrifying 😢