09. 6 Tips If You Suspect Someone is Struggling with an Eating Disorder

Welcome to another episode of the Understanding Disordered Eating podcast. In this episode, I wanted to share with you six tips if you suspect a loved one is struggling with an eating disorder. These tips will help us be more educated and be better support for our friends or family who might be experiencing an eating disorder. Make sure to tune in until the end and check out the links below for more resources. Hope you’ll learn something from this episode and I hope these tips will help! [00:01 - 01:35] Opening Segment I introduce our topic for this episode Helping our friends/family who might have an eating disorder  Identify the kind of relationship you have with this person  [01:36 - 11:51] 6 Tips  First: Ask them, talk to them  Tell them what you see but not in a judgemental way Be specific and reassure that you are supporting them Second: Ask them if are open to getting more help  Ask them how you can help in the process of finding a provider  See resources in the links below Feel free to reach out to me through the links below  Third: Be the support system Fourth: You are not the treatment team  Being upfront if there are concerns  Stay as their friend  Fifth: Do your own research  Sixth: Practice what you preach  [11:52 - 12:32] Closing Segment  Reach out to me if you have questions  Check out links below  Final words   Resources mentioned:  NEDA hotline https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline  Alliance for Eating Disorder Awareness findedhelp.com Relief Resources https://www.reliefhelp.org Psychology today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us Project heal https://www.theprojectheal.org/treatment-access Tweetable Quotes:   “The main point is that we want to help the person struggling and not make them feel uncomfortable or defensive. So we have to do this kind of strategically.” - Rachelle Heinemann   LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who may need this podcast by sharing this episode.   You can connect with me, Rachelle Heinemann on Instagram, through my website www.rachelleheinemann.com, or email me directly at [email protected].