GIMME THE SKINNY

[HairOfTheDog]

^ That's Rachael Farrokh and her husband Ron Edmundson close to 10 years ago. Cute couple. She's 5'7" and weighed about 125 pounds.


The now 37-year-old actress has reportedly been battling anorexia nervosa since she lost a job almost a decade ago, while she was struggling to recover from a painful childhood memory.

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that is characterized by an abnormally low body weight and an intense fear of gaining weight. Sufferers typically have a distorted perception of their bodies.

Rachel now weighs less than 50 pounds and says she's ready to get better. She is asking for the public to donate to her GoFundMe account so she can seek treatment at the one facility in the country willing to take her. Because her weight and metabolism is so low, she can't just be pumped with calories without possibly dying and she's a liability for hospitals.


^That's Rachel Farrokh and her husband Ron Edmundson today.

How can someone not be forced into treatment by their loved ones long before it reaches this point?

I mean, the woman was wasting away before their eyes. Once she declined to like 85 pounds, I think I would have tossed the bag of bones into the car against her will, put her on a 5150 psych hold, and gone from there.