The first step to getting help is asking for it. Child protection laws unfortunately will have to involve your parents, but sweetie maybe it’s for the best? If they hear them from your principal they will take it seriously- your principal will respect the fact that you trusted him/her enough to tell them. When I did it, it was the hardest thing- well the hardest was actually thinking about doing it and saying ‘Ms, I need to talk to you.” I spoke to my yearhead before she spoke to my principal (and then he spoke to me, was very very supportive). When I asked me yearhead to talk to her, she sat down in front of me and just waited for me to spit it out really- that was so hard. I just said, after a long pause: “I have been diagnosed with anorexia and I need your help to get therapy organised in school because I can’t afford it.” SHE WAS SO supportive, and so nice about everything. So was my principal, they were behind me 100%. My parents knew before then- I had gone to a psychiatrist a few years back to get diagnosed and they found out. But at first I was TERRIFIED of them finding out. Going to a doctor ensures patient confidentiality, so maybe you could talk to a doctor first, and then to your principal? You can do it, trust me, it will be the best thing you have ever done. For me, it lifted a HUGE weight off my chest. It felt so good I could cry. I didn’t feel like I was alone in this anymore. <33 If there’s anything you’d like to know, I’m a message away x