Motherfucking SERIOUSLY. I was really sick for the first few months of last year and I lost around 15-20 pounds fairly suddenly. I was in constant pain all the time, and if I complained at all to some of my family (not the family I live with, thankfully) all I would get was "Well, you LOOK fantastic, look at all that weight you've lost!" which was the triple whammy of "You weighed too much before," "Being thin is more important than being healthy," and "You can't possibly be that sick because you don't look sick."
And then on the other hand, there were people who were positive I was binging and purging, and that my sickness was mostly faked so I could get away with it and have an excuse for throwing up. There's just... no way to win, ugh.
Basically: YES, THIS. This is (obviously) something I'm really sensitive about and some of the comments I've been seeing lately have been really disheartening. Thanks for this post, bb. ♥
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Date: 2011-01-30 06:54 pm (UTC)And then on the other hand, there were people who were positive I was binging and purging, and that my sickness was mostly faked so I could get away with it and have an excuse for throwing up. There's just... no way to win, ugh.
Basically: YES, THIS. This is (obviously) something I'm really sensitive about and some of the comments I've been seeing lately have been really disheartening. Thanks for this post, bb. ♥