tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107542310136355575.post2192390616679456837..comments2023-06-22T04:30:01.178-05:00Comments on Fabulously Neurotic: I think they call this Body Dysmorphia or something.Chanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18159248995263246944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107542310136355575.post-4017320869711684422010-09-18T23:30:04.084-05:002010-09-18T23:30:04.084-05:00I can understand the family thing. It's intere...I can understand the family thing. It's interesting how different people's perspectives can be. No two people will ever see the world in exactly the same way. So I can see how your familiy members' words wouldn't mean the same thing to them as they do to you.<br /><br />And...I also understand what you mean about people's words making little if any real difference in the way you see yourself. Our self-image can be one of the most stubbornly unchangeable things on the planet sometimes! :)Candicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845151308757943750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107542310136355575.post-71359730079710204432010-09-18T15:30:39.133-05:002010-09-18T15:30:39.133-05:00Thank you for your support. I'm not planning o...Thank you for your support. I'm not planning on starving myself, I promise. (Even if I wanted to, which I don't, Boyfriend would never let me get away with it. He even makes me eat when I'm sick, even though I get grumpy at him for it.) <br /><br />*shrug* I'm pretty sure all parents and grandparents have favorites, so I'm sure it's a common thing for some kids to get more criticism. My family doesn't see their comments as destructive. They see them as helpful and instructive.<br /><br />And...as for the doctor thing, the doctor (and everybody else, for that matter) could tell me I'm thin every day for the rest of my life and it probably wouldn't help. Well, maybe it would since someone telling me I was fat got me into this mess in the first place. But it probably wouldn't because I've given myself a mental complex with it.Chanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159248995263246944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107542310136355575.post-31827236843621388492010-09-18T11:54:43.615-05:002010-09-18T11:54:43.615-05:00Wow. I'm sorry your own family would say such ...Wow. I'm sorry your own family would say such destructive things to you. Looking at that picture, I can say without a single pause that you are NOT fat. You look perfectly healthy, thin, even. I admire you for wanting to stay healthy, but starving yourself is NEVER the way to do that. <br /><br />Boyfriend probably didn't notice the five-pound gain because on you, it's just not that noticeable. While you see a big blob, he sees his thin, pretty girlfriend. <br /><br />We all have a tendency to be harsher on ourselves than we deserve, but you need to cut yourself some slack. Your doctor knows better than your mother, sisters, or grandparents do. Be healthy, the right way. That's my two cents, anyway.Candicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845151308757943750noreply@blogger.com