Nutrition and Health – Support from the EIC

  Posted by: electime      14th March 2022

We know a healthy diet and lifestyle are vital to maintaining our wellbeing. Nutrition and health – both physical and mental – are all areas the EIC can help our industry colleagues with.

Holly and her husband both worked in generation and renewables, but her husband had experienced significant trauma as a child. He suppressed this trauma until he became unable to cope but refused to seek professional help, thinking instead of suicide as his only way out.

Holly turned to controlling her eating as a way of managing her emotions at a difficult time. As a result, her weight dropped at a concerningly fast rate and, in a very short period of time, she lost nearly 9 stone. She was suffering from an eating disorder – a mental health condition whereby she used the control of food to cope with challenging situations.

Through her job, Holly was made aware of the EIC and the support available. Holly spoke with the charity and opened up about the struggles her husband was experiencing. We explored possible support for her husband and professionals were sourced. For Holly, we sought help for her through sessions with both a dietitian and therapist. With them now receiving the necessary support, Holly and her husband were able to turn a positive corner in all aspects of their lives.

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