I just wanted to remind people, that telling someone that they’re very skinny or that they need to gain some weight etc. is called body shaming. Let’s normalise this already, because I’m so tired of it. I’m sick of seeing it happening to people, and I’m sick of experiencing it myself. Gaining weight is as hard as losing weight for some people. I’m trying, some days I just can’t eat. I know that I’m skinny, and I’m trying. It’s a battle wanting to eat, knowing that I need to eat, but not being able to. Some people won’t be able to understand this, but at least accept that it exists and stop pointing it out. I’m not lucky for being skinny. It’s not an advantage. I am self conscious about it, as much as an overweight person is about having that extra weight. My clothes don’t fit well either. People stare too. I don’t have your dream body. I’m not lucky.

I’m just so angry. My body was something that I didn’t really care about. I was fine with it after a period of not liking it and trying to change it, and after this family gathering I had yesterday I became self conscious again. My grandmother and aunts were trying to feed me, and then my cousins started body shaming me without even realising it. And it hurt, because I didn’t realise that there was an actual “problem” with it until this.

Please stop pointing out scars, weight, or any other “imperfections”. That’s all I wanted to say.