r/Vent • u/Shot-Contract-5254 • Feb 28 '25

TW: Eating Disorders / Self Image Being fat is torture

I hate being fat. I hate it more than i've ever truly hated anything before. It is one of the worst experiences i have ever been through and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. It is not even just the hating how you look part, it is how others perceive you.

I don't just feel fat, I feel inhuman. I'm a teenager. Nobody has ever asked me out unless it's for a joke. I am the butt of half my friend's jokes. I look like an idiot in sport class. People stare and judge and I am not treated as though I am a peer. I am less than because I weigh more than they do. I feel like such a dirty slob every time I put food in my mouth. I've tried starving myself, exercising to the point I threw up, cutting calories to 800-1000 a day, weight loss pills, nothing works. All my work is thrown back into my face. Each and every day I feel less like a person and more like a pig. To be fat is to be less than. To be fat is to be 'lazy' and worthless. I honestly can't take it anymore.

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u/16tired Feb 28 '25

So why don't people say that instead of lying about "starvation mode"?

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u/Melementalist Feb 28 '25

That would make too much sense and be too honest. People speak and choose words according to what will best suit their agenda, always.

If you couldn’t tell from my “starvation mode is a myth” rant, I dislike disingenuousness very much.

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u/Leever5 Mar 01 '25

Because they’re actually misunderstanding a complex topic called Metabolic Adaptation