To mark Eating Disorder Awareness Week, from Monday, The Cardiffian spoke to Zoe John, a Welsh ambassador for Beat, the UK\u2019s first eating disorder charity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\nZOE John grew up in a small village in Pembrokeshire, but now stays in Cardiff. She lived with various eating disorders from her mid-teens to early 20s, before becoming a Beat ambassador in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n
The voluntary role involves visiting schools, universities and GP practices to share her experiences, give advice and encourage people to seek help.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cSpeaking about your own experience sometimes feels vulnerable, but nobody\u2019s going to know that people are suffering unless we talk about it,\u201d said Zoe, 27.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cI want to highlight the fact\nthat Beat exists, so people know where to go for help if they need it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n
Zoe\u2019s first eating disorder was\nbulimia at the age of 14, but she struggled with body image from a remarkably young\nage. <\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cI had low self-esteem from the\nage of about six. I remember wishing to be skinny every birthday \u2013 that was all\nI wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cI used to sit in my bunk bed thinking\n\u2018what if I were to cut my stomach off \u2013 would it heal?\u2019, I just wanted it gone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
Zoe\u2019s bulimia continued for about\nsix months, but neither her nor her parents knew what was wrong \u2013 or how to\ndeal with it. <\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cAt that time, there was no education\non eating disorders, in fact there was nothing on mental health at all,\u201d she\nexplained. <\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cThe only health education we had\nin secondary school was how to put a condom on a banana and the concept that\nbeing fat is bad \u2013 that was it.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cIt was really lonely, but I didn\u2019t\nknow what it was, so I just didn\u2019t seek any help. I just kind of recovered on\nmy own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\nZoe speaks about her experience at schools, workplaces, universities and GP practices<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nAt 19, Zoe developed a condition known\nas OFSED, i.e. Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder. This can be experienced\nin different ways and therefore does not fit into the category of anorexia, bulimia\nor binge-eating disorder. <\/p>\n\n\n
For Zoe, OFSED took the form of obsessive\nexercise coupled with anorexic tendencies, which would sometimes lead to her fainting\nfrom over-exertion.<\/p>\n\n\n
She said this behaviour was her\nway of dealing with an emotionally abusive relationship, but also related to\nher goal of fitting into a lower weight category for kickboxing, which she\ntrained for up to three times a week. <\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cBecause I became anorexic when I\nwas overweight, people congratulated me.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019ve always had low\nself-esteem about the way you look, you think \u2018this is great, this is what\nhealth is\u2019, but losing weight shouldn\u2019t be something we\u2019re holding up on a\npedestal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
After the OFSED period, Zoe ended\nher relationship and became isolated. With no social network and a full-time\njob, she relapsed to bulimia for another six months at the age of 20. <\/p>\n\n\n
Following a period of partial recovery,\nan incident with her ex-partner triggered a period of binge eating and\nover-training at the age of 23.<\/p>\n\n\n
Zoe\u2019s ex, who was 10 years older,\nbegan stalking her on the way to work and was eventually arrested by riot\npolice. <\/p>\n\n\n
After the arrest, Zoe was forced\nto tell her family everything. She also posted on social media to warn others\nabout her dangerous ex-partner and share her concerns about the effects of the\nrelationship.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cOnce I started to tell people,\nthe plug just came out. It was good, because I couldn\u2019t have recovered without\nit,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n
Despite occasional \u201cbad mental\nhealth days\u201d, Zoe is now more or less fully recovered and has not given in to\nany negative thoughts despite further trauma, including the loss of a friend\nand four grandparents. <\/p>\n\n\n
Sport was a key factor in this process. Zoe plays for Wales in two Great Britain training squads \u2013 Australian Rules football with the GB Swans, and American football with the GB Lions.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cI think the main thing that helped\nme was American football. It gave me a new network of friends that I could talk\nto and helped me to realise that my body could be applied in a positive way,\u201d\nshe explained.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a major part of me, and it\ngave me a sense of responsibility to my team. I needed to be strong for them,\nso I didn\u2019t relapse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\nZoe now plays American football and Australian Rules football for GB squads<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nDespite this, she still worries\nabout the consequences of her bulimia, which include erosion on her teeth and\nthe possibility of diabetes or even infertility \u2013 research is ongoing, but there\nis a chance that the female reproductive system can be negatively impacted by\nthe condition.<\/p>\n\n\n
Zoe\u2019s experiences show that eating\ndisorders are mental illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily about food.\nIt can be about trauma, big life changes \u2013 I think unless people have the time\nand an appropriate place to talk about those things, the eating disorder won\u2019t\ngo away,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n\n\n
As such, charities like Beat\nwhich provide affected individuals with someone to talk to are especially\nimportant. <\/p>\n\n\n
Beat was founded in 1989 and currently\nhas seven Welsh ambassadors, many of whom try to reach rural communities where doctors\u2019\napproaches can be outdated. <\/p>\n\n\n
According to Zoe, the doctor at\nher village in Pembrokeshire is still the same as when she was much younger. <\/p>\n\n\n
Other issues include a lack of funding,\ntraining and access to inpatient care.<\/p>\n\n\n
Research undertaken by Beat in\n2017 found that people in Wales wait an average of three years and one month\nbetween onset and the start of treatment, while junior doctors receive only two\nhours of eating disorder training in their entire degree. <\/p>\n\n\n
Eating Disorder Awareness Week is\ndesigned to draw attention to these issues and encourage fundraising through social\nmedia campaigns and events in schools, universities and workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n
It will be marked by a campaigner\naction day at the Welsh Assembly on March 4, where Beat will call for the full\nimplementation of the Welsh Government\u2019s 2018 Eating Disorder Service Review recommendations.\n <\/p>\n\n\n
These include a significant investment\ninto eating disorder services in Wales, as well as a reorganisation which will introduce\na clear set of principles and prioritise the medical needs of patients.<\/p>\n\n\n
The event is being sponsored by Bethan\nSayed AM, of Plaid Cymru, the chair of the Cross-Party Group on Eating\nDisorders.<\/p>\n\n\n
A representative of Beat, Jo\nWhitfield, said: \u201cWe recognise the action the Welsh Government has taken in\npublishing the recommendations; however, commitment is now needed for their\nfully funded implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u201cThe sooner someone gets treatment,\nthe more likely they are to make a full and sustained recovery, with a lower\nthe cost to the NHS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
Beat\u2019s website has free chatrooms, text services and phone\nlines, meaning it is easy for anyone, including people whose local services are\nlacking, to get in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n
There are also different groups for parents and carers or\nconcerned friends.<\/p>\n\n\n
If you are affected by any of the issues in this story, you can contact Beat on 0808 801 0677, or go online at <\/strong>https:\/\/www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk\/<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charity ambassador lobbies Welsh Government ahead of awareness week To mark Eating Disorder Awareness Week, from Monday, The Cardiffian spoke to Zoe John, a Welsh ambassador for Beat, the UK\u2019s first eating disorder charity. ZOE John grew up in a small village in Pembrokeshire, but now stays in Cardiff. She lived with various eating disorders from her mid-teens to early 20s, before becoming a Beat ambassador in 2016. The voluntary role involves visiting schools, universities and GP practices to share […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":41516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[10,944,41],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-41510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-longer-reads","tag-charity","tag-eating-disorders","tag-mental-health"],"yoast_head":"\n
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