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...See more Recently I was talking to my cousin (my mother's sister's daughter) we were both drinking pretty heavily and she mentioned to me that my mom had been bulimic a while back. I've also been dealing with bulimia (not really very severely) and that mixed with the alcohol really freaked me out, I started sobbing and muttering which scared my cousin because she didn't know about my problems. I've never been particularly close with my mother but the genetic component really scared me because I didn't want to go down the same road and up until then I never really thought about it as a real issue. I think my cousin figured out why I was so upset because she started crying too and by the end of the night we were both a mess. The next day we didn't talk about it and I left not long after that to go home (she lives in a different country, I'll probably not see her again for several years). I'm not worried that she will tell anyone about it, but I had no idea about my mom and that really scares me. It's been bothering me for a while and I know I can't talk to my mom about it or really anyone because it's not that big of deal and I don't want to worry them. The genetic part of it scares me a lot though and I haven't been able to shake it. It's like finding out about that just clicked a switch and suddenly it's all so REAL and I just wish I could go back to before I knew.

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