'I'm not feeling so good and I'd like to talk to you about it'

EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK 2026

It's Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026 #edaw26 this week and it's a time to not only reflect on the experiences of people with eating disorders and how treatment and support has changed over the past 24 years I have been involved with eating disorders: but it's also a time to raise awareness in our communities, have conversations with each other and reach out to those who are facing a difficult time with their relationship with food, eating, and their bodies.

We are busy working on a new project at the moment which we hope to launch at the end of the year. We're also re-branding and changing our websites; so, unfortunately, this EDAW26, we haven't had the time and space to do our usual things to mark the week.

However, we're still having conversations this week, talking about eating disorders and supporting many people across the UK with eating disorders, disordered eating and body image concerns, through psychotherapy, counselling and dietetics.

Our clients are of all ages, backgrounds, locations, occupations and, cultures and not everyone's eating disorder is the same. We work with people experiencing a range of eating disorders and disordered eating. Regardless of whether they have a 'formal' diagnosis or not; or have been experiencing difficulties for 12 months or 12 years; or fit neatly into a 'type' of eating disorder, we are here to support them.

Eating disorders come in all forms and we aim to tailor our support as much as possible to each individual client according to where they are at this time. We adapy therapy as needed, go at your pace and work with you on a personal and individual level - exactly what is needed in eating disorder treatment.

You are not alone. Our experienced, supportive, patient and understanding therapists and dietitians are here to support you. We know it's often difficult to take that first step. We never underestimate that. If the first step is just sending us an email to say 'hello' then it's a start and we can take things from there.

So, this Eating Disorders Awareness Week, reach out to someone- whether it's a therapist, a family member, a friend, a colleague, on a forum, on the phone, in an email - whatever the case may be - reach out to someone in the community. It can feel a whole lot better just to say to someone, 'I'm not feeling so good and I'd like to talk to you about it'

We're here too and you're welcome to get in touch, whether that's during EDAW26, next month or next year. Our contact details are below.

Take care and we looking forward to chatting soon.

Best wishes,

The Team at Talking EDs: Eating Disorders Support Service Scotland

W: www.eatingdisorderscotland.co.uk

E: support@eatingdisorderscotland.co.uk