When I see someone who's like 652 lbs or something, I'm a little freaked out, and I try not to stare, but being obese and even morbidly obese nowadays is so common in the Western world that your fear is definitely irrational. In fact, one of my friends is like five hundred pounds XD
I think it's very logical for your mom to connect it with your eating disorder. Your old self-hate has left its emotional scars.
What you need to realize is that a lot of fat people aren't gluttonous and greedy. Some people have thyroid problems and other things that cause their metabolism to slow. Even if they eat like a bird, they store almost all calories they consume, so by the time their growth spurt is over, they just gain weight until they plateau at whatever weight their metabolism has assigned for them as "normal". For some people, this is dangerously obese. These people will often lose weight rapidly when they get ill, only to gain it all back again.
Being fat isn't always a choice, so take comfort in the fact that some people's bodies are going to be naturally more heavy set. It's just human variation.
Is it normal that I am afraid of fat people
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When I see someone who's like 652 lbs or something, I'm a little freaked out, and I try not to stare, but being obese and even morbidly obese nowadays is so common in the Western world that your fear is definitely irrational. In fact, one of my friends is like five hundred pounds XD
I think it's very logical for your mom to connect it with your eating disorder. Your old self-hate has left its emotional scars.
What you need to realize is that a lot of fat people aren't gluttonous and greedy. Some people have thyroid problems and other things that cause their metabolism to slow. Even if they eat like a bird, they store almost all calories they consume, so by the time their growth spurt is over, they just gain weight until they plateau at whatever weight their metabolism has assigned for them as "normal". For some people, this is dangerously obese. These people will often lose weight rapidly when they get ill, only to gain it all back again.
Being fat isn't always a choice, so take comfort in the fact that some people's bodies are going to be naturally more heavy set. It's just human variation.