Reply To: Eating Disorders in the Jewish community

Shindy, I remember my school years ago “spoke” to us about eating disorders for about 30 minutes, and never elaborated too well on the subject or told where the individuals who were suffering how to get help. It was such a shame, because there were at least 10 kids in my grade who were suffering, & 3 of them went to hospitals from nearly dying. Some schools just like to deny they have “problem children” in their school. They want to keep a good clean record, and having these situations outed was the last thing they wanted. I think by now the rate of kids with everything from anorexia, bulimia, bingeing, or a mix of all 3 has gone up tremendously in my old school and everywhere else. For some reason the Jewish community never thinks any of the so called “goyish” problems can penetrate their perfect little world. The sad thing is, it does happen, and it happens more than we think from drugs, addictions, all types of mental diseases, and much worse I can’t divulge on this forum. How bad do things have to get before communities take action and make awareness of these terrible problems?