A dad’s story: advice and tips for men caring for a loved one with an eating disorder

You might think this podcast episode is one just for the men in the lives of loved ones with eating disorders, but it is much more than that. It is a real insight into the roles men play when mental health issues, illness and eating disorders darken a doorway. It will help everyone in a family or partnership or caring role understand the challenges of caring that hit different for men.It was so hard to get my head around what was going on, what my role would be, how to understand this, how we could support. I suppose one of the things that men do is to try to find an answer or a cure or a solution to the problem, where there is no clear solution to the problem of mental health and sometimes they go on for a short time sometimes they go on for years. Carer, Rohan Wastell.We’re going to shed light onto some of the tough "out of control" feelings and the struggle for some men to “lean in” to the caring role when they have never known how.Our guest will be a familiar voice for some if you are in the EDFA support groups – in particular the Male Carers support.Rohan Wastell spent decades behind the camera filming some of the biggest media events in Australia. He has been on the front line, witnessing and recording human emotion and suffering sometimes on a daily basis but he says nothing prepared him for the diagnosis of his daughter with an eating disorder.Website: https://edfa.org.au/Contact: 1300 195 626 Join Eating Disorders Families Australia’s Male Carer support group or other groups: https://edfa.org.au/parents-and-carer-support/eating-disorder-support-groups/Want more? Become an EDFA Member: https://edfa.org.au/become-a-member/Visit EDFA resources library: https://edfa.org.au/video-resource-library/ Book a free counselling session with EDFA’s Fill The Gap program: https://edfa.org.au/counselling-service/Keen to volunteer or donate? Find out more ways to help here: https://edfa.org.au/donation/https://edfa.org.au/get-involved/volunteer/ For more information click on these links to the EDFA website:Anorexia NervosaBulimia NervosaBinge Eating DisorderARFID - Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake DisorderOSFED - Other Specified Feeding & Eating Disorders#eatingdisorderdiagnosis#eatingdisorder#anorexia#arfid#bulimia#edcarerstory#carerstoryeatingdisorder Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.