When someone you love falls ill, gets in an accident or receives a scary health diagnosis, it’s never easy. Any sort of health crisis signals a huge change in your life, and it’s frightening, said Melodie Winawer, a neurologist and neuroscientist at Columbia University. “Not everyone is comfortable reaching out when they could use some help,” Pandapas said. If you do want to ask about their treatment or how they are feeling, try “What is the latest?”Don’t: Take it personally if your attempts to talk are rebuffed. Also, try to be comfortable with silence: Don’t try to fill blank space with chatter about yourself, she said.

Source: Huffington Post March 08, 2018 19:07 UTC