My husband is deep in his eating disorder recovery and I'm trying to be supportive but I find myself walking on eggshells around every meal, monitoring my own comments about food, and we've lost the easy intimacy we used to have around cooking and eating together. I want to help but I think my hypervigilance might be making things harder for both of us.
More people experience this than they realize.
Supporting someone through eating disorder recovery requires navigating the delicate balance between care and control, presence and space.
“Where Are You with Food relationship and disordered eating?”
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