Supporting someone
How to help a friend or loved one who is struggling, and care for yourself too. 23 guides in 2 groups.
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- When someone you love is depressedYou can’t fix someone’s depression, but your steady, patient care can make the road to recovery less lonely.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - Helping someone who may be suicidalYou don’t need to be an expert to help save a life. Asking, listening and staying close can make all the difference.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Supporting someone who self-harmsYou don’t need perfect words. Staying calm, listening and caring can change everything, and you don’t have to do it alone.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Helping someone in an abusive relationshipYou can’t rescue someone, but your steady, calm care can be the lifeline they reach for.⏱ 3 min
📝 3› - Supporting someone who is grievingYou can’t take away someone’s grief. But you can make sure they don’t carry it alone.⏱ 3 min
📝 3› - Supporting autistic peopleSmall changes, real understanding, and a lot of patience can help an autistic person feel safe, heard and free to be themselves.⏱ 8 min
📝 3› - Supporting someone with schizophreniaYou can’t fix it, but you can be a steady, safe person. That matters more than you know.⏱ 6 min
📝 3› - When someone you love hoardsLoving someone who hoards can be hard. Patience, safety and kindness, for them and for you, make the biggest difference.⏱ 5 min
📝 3› - Building recovery supportNobody recovers alone. The right people around you make the road lighter.⏱ 5 min
📝 3› - Schizophrenia: relapse & crisis planningA plan made on a calm day can carry everyone through a hard one.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Supporting someone with anxietyYou can’t take their fear away, but you can be the calm, steady person who believes they can face it.⏱ 5 min
📝 4› - Supporting someone with PTSD or traumaHealing from trauma happens in safe relationships, and your patience can be part of that safety.⏱ 4 min
📝 4› - Supporting someone with an eating disorderYou can’t make someone recover, but you can stand beside them, and against the eating disorder, for as long as it takes.⏱ 4 min
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Supporting loved ones
- Supporting someone you loveYou don’t need perfect words or all the answers. Showing up, listening and caring can make a real difference.⏱ 11 min
📝 4› - What to say (and not say) when someone is strugglingYou don’t need perfect words. Caring, listening and a few honest sentences go further than any script.⏱ 5 min
📝 3› - Supporting someone from far awayMiles can’t cancel out love. With a little planning, you can be a steady presence from anywhere.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - Looking after yourself while supporting someoneCaring for someone you love is a long walk, not a sprint. You deserve care along the way, too.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - When someone in your family is strugglingFamily is complicated, and love doesn’t come with a manual. Here’s how to help, set limits and stay close, together.⏱ 6 min
📝 3› - When your partner is strugglingYou can love someone through a hard time and still be a partner, not just a carer. Here’s how to stay close and stay you.⏱ 4 min
📝 3› - When a parent or grandparent is strugglingWhen the person who looked after you needs looking after, it can turn your world upside down. You deserve support too.⏱ 3 min
📝 3› - When your child is strugglingWhether they’re 8 or 28, watching your child struggle is one of the hardest things a parent faces. You don’t have to do it alone.⏱ 3 min
📝 3› - When a brother or sister is strugglingSiblings share a history no one else has. Here’s how to stay close, look after yourself, and know you matter too.⏱ 3 min
📝 3› - When someone you love refuses helpYou can’t force someone to change, but you can stay close, stay kind, and make help easier to say yes to.⏱ 5 min
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