Feel lately as a family it’s been difficult trying to understand the eating disorder which can sometimes cause arguments between us all
Daughter has anorexia nervosa and it’s been challenging as a family, wanting to understand more to be able to help the best I can
Sad, exhausted, isolated from others, hopeful, supportive
Length of time daughter has been suffering
The length of time that the Ed has lasted
Fair, supportive,  occasionally frustrating, relaxed
Anxiety and food rules and how to help challenge them
Learning how to Be fully present for loved one when needed
Ongoing battle for sufferer to fully enjoy life
relapse of Anorexia sufferer who no longer lives with us
Dealing with tough moments when my partner is struggling with eating.
Loving, close, open, supportive, strong resilient
Lived experience that we can share and being able to listen and learn from other carers and medical professionals
We are very much together - a team. Resilient yet fragile.
Caring for someone with long term AN and other needs
Caring for spouse with long term AN and anxiety
How best to support my wife & Impact of illness on my children’s well-being (observing their mum’s struggles)
Lack of support for carers with a view ti improve service provision in the furure.
Lonlieness and wanting to derive better skills to support us as well potentially help others
Child with anorexia.  Wanting more knowledge to help and be supported.
My daughter has been anorexic for 13 years.i wanted to see how others cope.
How to deal with the fact feeling guilty and helpless
Loving, fun, messy at times enjoy doing things together at home
Loving caring a bit crazy at times. But happy and laughs at times
GOING THROUGH PERMANENT CHALLENGES AND CHANGE
LIVING WITH ANOREXIA AND SUPPORTING SOMEONE WITH IT
Living with ADHD supporting my daughter who has had anorexia and severe OCD for 7 years and is autistic.
My daughter who has had anorexia for coming up 7 years has deteriorated to the list point she's reached since diagnosis. Looking for ways to get support her.
My daugther is trying to live independently but is not responding to any treatment options at this time and her physical and mental health is in decline. She is a rigid thinker and adament she does not want to move home. I am keen to learn about new ways to support her and adapt my approach.
Supporting my daughter with anorexia recovery at a point where she is in crisis and physical and mentally in the worst health she has been in since diagnosis nearly 7 years ago.
Anorexia , brought on after life changing car crash
Caring alone for my daughter whither anorexia  fir 20 years
Needing support for myself to help my daughter
I want to be better placed to support my loved one
Trying to find best way to help our daughter
Wanting to do more than 'just being there' for our daughter
Trying to understand daughter's illness and how to improve dealing with it
Difficulty supporting daughter's recovery from anorexia
Trying to support our daughter to be able to keep herself healthy and function in a way that is appropriate for her age.
Daughter struggling with anorexia for 4 years
Caring for someone with anorexia.  The effect it has on them and the whole family.
Supporting someone with an eating disorder and all the difficulties that go along with this.
Supporting family member with eating disorder, communication can be difficult, managing emotions can be challenging,  plus trying to manage other challenges that occur in everyday life and be there for all family members.
Difficulty with eating disorder, effect it has on person and all of the family
Disconnected slighly , things are being worked on
Partner suffering from anorexia trying to learn more about it
HOW TO BEST APPROACH HELPING SOMEONE WITH AN EATING DISSORDER
Partner suffering from anorexia / learning how to deal with it
compassionate, loving, sensitive, busy, sociable
transition to adult services. change from FBT to daughter taking control. Stress, worry, conflict
anorexia has been all consuming and affected all family relationships. it takes all my time and energy
Transition to adult services and with it role. Confusion about what to do next
Loving, compassionate, supportive, appreciative, grieving, working on communicating, traumatised by our experience of anorexia
We'd put every single bit of energy, love, finances, patience into FBT without any progress. The transition to a completely new approach, stepping completely back left us totally confused and fearful. New professionals telling us contradictory advice was devastating. Had we been doing l the wrong things for the past 3 years. Who should we trust? How could we keep going?
We communicate honestly and do our best to express our needs, we are learning all the time, we do our best.
My daughters eating disorder.  Was more going to the gym much.
Wanting to know how best to support my daughter in her recovery
My daughter has anorexia nervosa and I wanted to gain more insight into the condition and information that might aid us as parents to  support her.
I feel frustrated at times that my daughter is not gaining weight each week.
Kind, caring, supportive, effective communicators.
To gain more knowledge and understanding of anorexia nervosa so we could support our daughter more effectively. We felt stuck in a loop of anorexia, feeling that it had consumed us all.
Gentle, sensitive, empathetic, angst ridden, inward thinking, understanding
Luckily the people in the family unit are open to discussing difficult subjects and are supportive of each other. The atmosphere is usually positive with no outbursts or anger etc.
I was shocked when my daughter told me she had been hiding an eating disorder. I felt guilty that I hadn't spotted the signs so I joined the group so I could learn more about it and what I should do to support her.
With the help of therapy and this course, we communicate better. So 'quite adept at communication'.
The shock of being told by my daughter that she had had the disorder for some time but I hadn't realised. That prompted a feeling of helplessness and panic so I looked for information and support.
Supportive and always trying to be better
My daughter is very ill which causes a great deal of worry and stress
My daughter has severe Bulimia which has been ongoing for several years.  Her illness has hugely impacted on my daughter's life and our family life.
To help understand anorexia and what I can do to help my daughter and my family .
Very close . Good at working through our problems .
Daughter has Anorexia Nervosa so needed help on how to manage day to day .
Caring but distracted,  busy, loyalty issues from adoption,
Not openly affectionate but close and caring
Close, scared (for daughter future), anxious
Difficulty living with my partners eating disorder. Not nowing how to approach things around it.
We are a loving family and try to help each other. We all, at times, try not to trouble other family members but these would be relating to more minor issues. Important things are shared.  We don’t see much of our youngest and eldest children as they, and their families live in Scotland. We text and call regularly but not every day. We would have less contact with our eldest (our son) but that’s because of his busy lifestyle, family/ work demands. Still very good relationship.
Our youngest has had anorexia since early to mid teens. It has varied in severity over the years but she has always managed to meet her challenges often at her own expense. She has attended counselling on about 3 occasions but has relapsed each time.  My problem is that I didn’t ensure referral at the beginning and thus, I think there were matters that we could have discussed much sooner.
I feel we are a good family. We have time for each other but each individual also needs time for their own partners and children. We are in regular but not daily contact. we enjoy spending precious time together.
Dealing with issues from 20 - 25 years ago. It has been difficult to verbalise and put everything into perspective especially when we know our daughter has had to deal with massive amounts more.
I feel we’re a good family. We are supportive of each other but also give space to each of us. We try to be understanding and not too challenging.
Our daughter’s eating disorder has been present for a very long time. She has always been very self motivated and keen to achieve. Despite her eating disorder she has managed to ‘do well’ but to her own detriment. A year ago, she was probably at her worst condition both physically and mentally. I / we realised that more help was needed. The programme has helped me better understand her condition and how to be much more effectively supportive and opened up communication about ‘everything’.
Trying to work out how best to help our daughter and to avoid things that could be interpreted as detrimental.
the patient asked me to join for mental support
Mental support for anorexia.  Was asked by the “patient “ to do this
together but constantly challenged and often 'on edge
fatigue of dealing with ED in family for 5 years
We have a warm and caring family relationship.
Both my wife and I are struggling to know how best to help our daughter and frustrated at our inability to do so.
My daughter has an eating disorder and we were keen to get a better understanding of the issues involved and learn more about how to support her.
Want to help my daughter with her eating disorder.
We try to look after each other when things are tough.
My daughter's anxiety and eating disorder.
To find ways to cope with my daughter's eating disorder and also to understand how it happened.
My daughter's eating disorder which is a big challenge for us all. We didn't know how to help her get well.
To get a better understanding of my daughter's anorexia.
Loving, stressed, volatile, frustrated, scared, angry, lost, judgemental, caring, hard-working, responsible, ambitious, busy, overwhelmed. sad, bored.
My daughter has anorexia and has been struggling for years, and she has just been admitted to REDU for 8 weeks.
tense, open, angry, sad, helpful, self critical,
Loving, busy, active, reactive, angry, sad, anxious
Daughter entered REDU and was offered a place in the group
exhausted, sad, frustrated, unwell, angry, happy sometimes
Practical help for my daughter, ways to care for and communicate better with her, to meet others in the same position, to get support and new insights
In my family, I bear the biggest proportion of care for my daughter. This has been an on-going challenge for over 13 years. I personally have never had much support to know how to help her - the support over the years from outside sources has been for her and there has been little guidance for me, her mother. I am looking for fresh insights from other parents in my position.
Looking for ways to help my daughter with her Ed
Supportive fun  challenging special loving
Ask to join via the therapist at the eating disorder clinic
offered the opportunity to engage by partner undergoing treament
Partner has an eating disorder, I wanted to learn more and indirect show my support