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Youth Support: Feeling Well, Getting Help
Being a young person can be tough sometimes. If you're a teenager or young adult in Liverpool and need help with how you feel, your body, or things happening at home, you are not alone. This page has important information and places to find teen support in Liverpool.
What it is: When someone very close to you in your family is seriously ill, it can be really hard for you too. You might feel worried, sad, or lonely.
How Hope Support helps: Hope Support is a wonderful place that helps young people (from 5 to 25 years old) when someone in their family has a serious illness. They know how tough it can be.
What they offer: They have help you can get online, and special resources just for students. You don’t have to deal with these big worries by yourself.
Where to find support: Get support from Hope Support UK.
Sometimes, how we eat food, or how we feel about our body, can get out of control. This is often linked to big, difficult feelings or stress. These problems are called eating disorders, like anorexia or bulimia.
Why it’s serious: Eating disorders are not just about food. They are serious health problems that affect your mind and body.
Good news: You are not alone, and help is available. We understand.
What to do: If you are worried about your eating, or how you feel about your body, it’s really important to ask for help. Our GPs (doctors) and health team here at Anfield & Everton PCN are here to listen without judging. This is part of our teen support Liverpool for feeling well.
Bulimia Nervosa: Understanding the Cycle
Bulimia often means a person eats a lot of food quickly (this is called ‘bingeing’). After that, they try to get rid of the food (like making themselves sick, exercising too much, or using medicines to make them go to the toilet).
Important to know: People with bulimia usually look like they are a normal weight, or even a bit heavier. But they still worry a lot about their body shape and size.
Find out more here: Bulimia Nervosa Info
Anorexia Nervosa: What to Know
With anorexia, a person might try to lose a lot of weight on purpose, sometimes so much that it becomes very dangerous for their health. This is an illness that can happen to anyone.
How to get help: Getting help early is very important. Talking to a special helper (like in talking therapy) and sometimes medicine can make a big difference to help you get better.
Want more info? Anorexia Nervosa Info
The Eating Disorder Young People Service (EDYS)
If you’re struggling with an eating disorder, or anything else that’s worrying you, talking to a GP is a very good first step. They can listen to you and help you figure out what to do next. They can connect you with the right teen support Liverpool has to offer.
