What can a support person, friend or spouse, do to help an ED sufferer recover?
Realize that you are the key part of the helping team, including a medical doctor and an experienced therapist. The complexity of ED requires a team approach to resolve its many facets. Since you are probably not being paid to help, the purity of your concern will be eventually appreciated on some important level by the ED sufferer. And the joy of providing a friend or loved one the chance to reclaim a healthy life will be perpetually rewarding. Also, your gentle but persistent encouragement may result in the sufferer actually starting the recovery process. Most importantly, be persistently positive in dealing with the afflicted. Make no criticism of the negative eating behaviors. Do not force the afflicted into medical treatment or therapy unless he/she is severely anorexic and in failing health. Generally, allow the sufferer the space to enter therapy on his/her own free will. Make sure you are there to provide helpful options for a confused ED sufferer. You may use our diagnosis pag
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