{"id":1147,"date":"2018-02-27T14:17:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T14:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2018-02-27T14:55:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T19:55:27","slug":"how-to-help-a-friend-who-insists-they-dont-have-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/02\/27\/how-to-help-a-friend-who-insists-they-dont-have-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"How to help a friend who insists they don&#8217;t have a problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1146\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw22618-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1146\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw22618-4-299x300.jpg\" alt=\"How to help a friend who insists they don't have a problem?\" width=\"299\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw22618-4-299x300.jpg 299w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw22618-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw22618-4-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/aw22618-4.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to help a friend who insists they don&#8217;t have a problem?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sometimes the best thing you can do for a friend is just to be there for them. Let them know that you are there to talk, help, offer support, etc. And, try to do so in a supportive and non-judgmental way. However, if you think that their problem is a more serious one with which they need professional help, do know that there are services on campus that are available to both of you. You may want to talk to Counseling Services (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-counseling\">bit.ly\/BC-counseling<\/a>) yourself or you may want to encourage your friend to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the best thing you can do for a friend is just to be there for them. Let them know that you are there to talk, help, offer support, etc. And, try to do so in a supportive and non-judgmental way. However, if you think that their problem is a more serious one with which &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/02\/27\/how-to-help-a-friend-who-insists-they-dont-have-a-problem\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to help a friend who insists they don&#8217;t have a problem?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions\/1157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}