Don’t judge people who are coping with eating disorders Dear Sir: | I am responding’ to Claudette _ Sandecki’s story, “Bulimia’s The. Real Villain”. « — She has given her opinion with regards to bulimia and I wanted to share mine from the perspective of. someone who has struggled with this disease. I am a recovered bulimic who spent many years struggling. with disordered eating. I learned in my recovery that bu- limia is not about losing weight. For » myself bulimia was about numbing : emotional pain. * One :truth that I have realized ,about eating disorders is that people suffering from them have had sig- nificant hurt in their lives. By controlling what | ate. 1 was . trying to control my terrible pain. ’ Inher article, Claudette Sandecki spoke about Terri Schiavo’s family and friends. She’ wondered ‘ ‘if her parents and one tenth: of their friends had heaped present concern on CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE ——e her as a child she | might have grown up feeling so con- fident she’d never have become over- weight in the first place”. . ‘Fdo not feel that is a fair asumption of Terri s family life as a child. We do not, know what life was like for Terri and we do not“know * what events took place in her life. -We do not know what her family and friends were doing when Terri. was struggling with her bulimia. It has been my experience work- - ing with women who struggle with “eating disorders that some family — and friends are desperate for them to seck help. The family may want recovery for the person more than anything, but the individual has to want it. You can be brought to the door, but you have to walk through it. J wanted to respond to this article so - ery to begin I contacted’ a not for. I] could be a voice of others who are. struggling. I understand that this ill- ness is not about losing weight. If that were true we would be happy when we were. thin and near death, but we aren’t; we are scared and miserable. - If you or someone you know is ¢ Struggling with an eating disorder’ please know that there is help out — there. ‘When 1 was ready for my recov- : Trustee takes exception to Dear Sir: { 'S Opinion on education profit organization called EDEN, Eating . Disorders — and Education” q Network. I joined EDEN‘s 21 Week Re- covery Skills group and began my journey cf recovery. If you would like more informa- tion on the EDEN Process or my upcoming 21 Week Recovery Skills. Group in Terrace, please visit eden- process.com. : Susan Moldenhauer, : Terrace, B.C. 6 The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 20, 2005 -A7 In the ; media recently MLA Roger Harris has made ' comments about the Coast Mountains School District and myself. - He makes reference to _ re-elected by..the people I represent four: times. When Roger Harris has been re- “ elected four times, then he can give me a lecture about” when. it is inappropriate to tell the truth! - “ments ‘on regionalization of school districts like health councils. In 2000 I listened to Gordon. Campbell talk about it. In 2004 I listened . to the minister of education talk about it. Just recently — you could drive a BC Rail . before’ an election) sounded positive, but with loopholes train through. | Peter G: King Cost Mountains School District trutee the $150 million, it sounds . like a lot of money but what ~ our district gets is a lot less. Since our funding has been - . frozen for the last four years © we have been under funded to the tune of $22.5 million. - This is because we have had - all ‘the costs in the district, increasing. wages, gas, fuel, -. electricity, WCB, insurance and the list goes on. Ss Our share of the $150 million is just less than $1 ’ million; our net under fund- ing becomes $21.5 million. ' The seismic upgrade money Roger Harris says — “They are fully within their rights to ask that that lift in capital dollars not go to seis- mic this year, that they put-it to something else. They ac- tually just have to ask.” _ Well we met with the * ministry of education in Vancouver at the beginning of ‘the month and told them Roger » Harris’s com- oO AWG. Northern Industries Inc. i is- pleased to announce Brian's 25th employment anniversary! a minister of education (just _ you have shown to us over the past quarter century! continued success in Terrace! © MAR, NORTHERN ASSOCIATES - 35 LOCATIONS "Cate, ne 3 what’ Roger Harris said. They said it was “absolutely Kitimat . 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