Empathy is a choice, a vulnerable choice because to connect with someone in emotional pain you have to let go of your ego and attempt to put yourself in the place of your loved one, significant other or friend who is struggling.  Rarely, if ever, does an empathetic response begin with ‘at least’.

So how do we support those we love who our struggling?  

In today’s episode, we discuss how emotional support means acknowledging the perspective of our loved one’s trauma, staying out of judgement, recognising their emotions and responding accordingly.

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder and mental health trauma to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

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