I would think that a medical treatment facility is going to be reluctant to treat a reluctant patient - minor or not.
What do you think the alternatives are?
Do you KNOW what can happen to you as a result of your bulimia or anorexia?
As far as emancipation, I gotta tell you that the odds are against you ... almost NO ONE who applies ever gets it - especially if your parents oppose it.
WHY would emancipation be in your best interest?
How would you support yourself without the support of government aid or family?
How will you finish school?
Do you have any idea how much it costs to be out on your own? Rent, utilities, food, toiletries, STUFF .. what if you get sick?
There are a lot of things to be considered. Being emancipated doesn't mean you just get to live on your own, it means you'd have to play grown up ... but you still couldn't have sex. It is also next to impossible to obtain.
Why do you want to control your health when YOU having that control will very likely end up in your illness or death? THAT will not look good to a judge when considering emancipation ... self-destructive behavior and lack of follow-through or willpower are NOT indicia of maturity.
- Carl
When it is a actual psychiatric hospital, they don't deny reluctant patients. This is not a clinic for eating disorders. It's a ward for mental illnesses. They'll just stick a tube up my nose and call it a day.
The other opinion is, to run away. But i've gone down that path before, it's not satisfactory. It does not help a thing.
Of course i know what can happen, but as in all things, results may vary.
Well, i don't need and or want full emancipation. I just want health. But i know the odds are against, that is why i am asking if anyone knows any loop holes. I've tried looking for it, but i could not find anything. I found plenty on how to have guardianship of an adults health. But nothing on the other end.
Like i said, it's not entirely in my best interest, but it is an extreme measure. That might need to be taken if all else fails.
I have many jobs, besides i do not want full emancipation, unless the government or family finds it absolutely needed.
I would have no problem finishing school. With or without my parents roof over my head.
I know. I am young, but i am not entirely naive.
I am not looking to party. I've taken all these things into consideration.
I can't explain this. No one would understand, the lack of self control and willpower lies within food itself. That is what i can't convince people, and i'm guessing the judge. Is that i'm better off like this,otherwise i'd be a useless vile human being with no ambition. I would not do anything grand in life. I would not amount to anything, i would live and die a lazy, fat,gluttonous human being. Nowhere near Nirvana.
Also, i've heard that you can have a certain amount of control over your health depending on your weight, the higher it is to average the more lenient the government is. Also, depending on your school and criminal records.
