A Hidden Disease

The daily routine my mother goes through may seem normal to someone who doesn't live with her day in and day out. She gets up in the morning, makes my dad coffee and breakfast and then watches the morning show on ABC. When my dad goes off to work, she begins her routines. My mom starts off jump-roping for an hour, then proceeds to weight-lifting for anorther hour. In the morning she exercises for about …

…He later told me that my mom was only brushing her teeth and not to worry so much. The fact that my mom never told me herself that she was ok, made me only believe it stronger. These daily routines my mom goes throught in an effort to be "perfect" are slowly killing her. I worry about her constantly and have confronted her before but she fails to recognize that she has a severe problem.