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How To Support A Friend With Disordered Eating
Watching a loved one go through something difficult, like a troubled relationship or mental health struggle, can often leave us feeling helpless. Our intentions are good – we want to help and support them, obviously – but how?
By Gwen Farrell4 min read
When a friend is suffering from some form of disordered eating, whether it’s a clinical diagnosis of an eating disorder, an obsession with only consuming “healthy” foods, overexercising, or some combination of those, they begin to deteriorate right in front of us both physically and mentally. We may have experienced disordered eating in the past ourselves, or we may be completely oblivious as to the warning signs and just how damaging it can be.