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The support and encouragement of friends and family can have a very powerful effect on one's ability to heal and overcome challenges. "The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can sta... more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Breakups & Divorce
4996
91%
Depression
3564
84%
Bereavement
1926
89%
Eating Disorders
852
80%
Depression - Teen
337
78%
Overall, 88% (13171 Members) find Support from Friends & Family helpful

Discussions

  1. Discussion: Vurb The Urge
    3 weeks, support from friends and family has kept me clean :) [More]
  2. Discussion: I feel i have failed my kids!!!!!!
    do you have help or any kind of support from family or friends, [More]
  3. Discussion: Do we have family support
    My actual family is too messed up...but i have a lot of support from my best friends family, they have seen me through it all since i was 15 [More]
  4. Discussion: Support.... from where?
    Friends and family. [More]
  5. Discussion: Support.... from where?
    friends & family [More]

Support from Friends & Family Reviews

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Husband is great. Adult sons are not doing so well
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Always a good thing!
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Family and Friends are my biggest coping mechanism
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Mom and dad are cool
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Always important. My husband and kids are very supportive.
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I have Clinical Depression and PTSD from childhood sexual abuse and I don't want to go back there, it has been in remission for 2 years now. My Sister and Dad seem to be able to accept and move on to work but I feel paralyzed. My friends have been great.
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Support comes from unexpected people. Aquaintances become friends.--Close friends become strangers who just don't understand
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i know we aren't alone
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I took medication. It works well.
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Worked, but I feel like a burden to them
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My friends are my support group. With my family nothing is ever good enough for them. I have been able to talk to my friends about it and I love my friends they are amazing.
Working / Worked
I have the best family ever!
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Friends & family are not very supportive, they don't seem to understand my pain.
Indeed is powerful root in your goal and foundation to successful treatment.
Working / Worked
My family stood on the sidelines since I was 17 and still do.
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