u/PositiveYear976

I graduated in May with my BSW. I’m going to do an advanced standing Face-to-Face 1yr program which is exciting, but of course I’m concerned about tuition. So far, the estimates look like a bit over $17k, which isn’t too bad for an MSW. I have never had to take out a loan for school before so I’m kind of lost on how to find that, and what loans would be good for me. I unfortunately didnt qualify for financial aid if scholarships from the school either, so I’m looking at other scholarships rn. If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it!

during a text conversation with my friend a few months ago, she told me how she has struggled in the past with her weight and eating. She was letting me know since a family member had mentioned her weight and it upset her. At that time she told me that there was nothing to worry about, that she’s ok, but i let her know that i was there to support her and if she needed to talk.

Before she had told me this, i had already noticed some of her social media posts/reposts were starting to mention more about not eating, being thin, dieting, running/exercising, etc. Overtime, i have noticed that her posts/reposts are a lot more forward about anorexia specifically, and some of these posts/reposts seem a lot more like making light of/almost romanticizing the disorder. This concerns me since it makes the disorder seem like just another personality trait instead of something that is can negatively impact her. Whenever she has reached out to share her hard day or something, she will sometimes bring up how she ate “bad” food or too much or something and that it made her feel bad and she feels like she needs to exercise and eat better now, and i always try to reassure her.

It has become kind of difficult for me to know how to respond to her at times recently bc i have my own struggles, and hearing her talk specifically about her weight or something can make me uncomfortable. So my dilemma is that I’m not sure how I can be supportive of her, while also maybe setting a boundary? Or I’m not really sure if maybe I need to take a different way of supporting her perhaps? Any support or advice would be helpful, I’ve never had a friend who experienced this before