#12 - Helping a Friend In Crisis and Asking For Help with Alissa Butterfass

Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship · Nov 15, 2021 · 25m

How can we help a friend who’s in crisis because of illness or grief? And how can we ask for help rather than waiting for friends to know exactly what to do?

A few months ago, Alissa reached out on email to discuss a trend she saw on some of the Facebook pages and forums for widows.

She wrote: "One thing I see over and over in these groups is people complaining that friends who said they'd be there for them have disappeared or dropped off or stopped supporting them. Now, maybe I am just lucky, but I honestly don't feel that way. I feel like I have lots of friends who would be there for me…