What To Do if Your Friend Has an Eating Disorder

Teen Life     From Ellen Friedrichs, your About Teen Life Editor     A lot of teens really want to help friends who are in trouble. As About's expert on Friendship writes, "One of the best parts of friendship is the knowledge that someone is there for you, and wants good things for your life. It's hard to watch our friends struggle with things like addiction, break ups, and health issues. Knowing what to do and say is important." Here's some info on that front...   Follow us on:     What To Do if Your Friend Has an Eating Disorder Think your friend might have an eating disorder? You've already taken an important first step: you've chosen not to ignore it. This article's here to help you through the rest. READ NOW   Tips to Help a Friend with Anxiety Friends and family can be an integral part of the treatment of anxiety and can make a difference in recovery time as well as sustaining remission. The following are guidelines for helping your friend or family member with generalized anxiety disorder. READ NOW   How to Help a Friend Who Has Been Raped Here is advice on helping a friend after she experiences rape. Tips include how to talk to a friend about her trauma and how to help her recover emotionally. Friends can be especially helpful in this situation if support is done the right way. READ NOW   How Do I Help Friends Who I Think Are Gay? It's great when straight teens want to be GLBT allies, but that doesn't ever mean they should push gay to come out before they are ready. Here's what they can do. READ NOW   ADVERTISEMENT Featured Articles Ways to Get a Friend Through a Rough Time How to Help a Friend in Crisis How to Help a Friend Quit Smoking How to Cope with a Friend's Learning Disability How to Approach a Friend in Trouble More from About.com Sign up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! Want More From About.com? Check out our social channels tailored to every interest! Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Teen Life newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 Privacy Policy © 2014 About.com