Why is it OK to make fun of fat people but not someone who has any other health !
Question: I have PCOS/IR and went undiagnosed for OVER 20 years. As a result I have about 160 pounds to lose. Even the doctors have been rude about it. These are the same doctors that missed my conditon for the past 20 years. I am really sick of the fat bashing! Why is it so acceptable?
Answers: I have PCOS/IR and went undiagnosed for OVER 20 years. As a result I have about 160 pounds to lose. Even the doctors have been rude about it. These are the same doctors that missed my conditon for the past 20 years. I am really sick of the fat bashing! Why is it so acceptable?
Unlike a predetermined characteristic like race or gender, the vast majority of fat people are that way of their own decision. You are one of the exceptions to the rule.
I'm fat. That is no one's fault but my own. I could have eaten right, exercised, not spent so many nights unwinding with an oreo shake after work. I take responsibility for my weight and have lost almost half of my goal. My point is that, like you, I am an exception to the rule as well.
You need to do as I have: Realize that when people bash fatties, they are not talking about two groups: The honest medical conditions (you) and the working fatties losing weight (me). They are talking about the vast majority of people who would rather eat fried chicken for breakfast and ride around on a rascal scooter instead of eat properly and walk a little bit.
Also realize this, any government legislation against overweight people would preclude you because your weight is caused by an existing medical condition. You need not fear legal reprecussions because of your weight.
The social aspect is the kicker. If you have the opportunity to explain to people the chemistry behind PCOS and ensuing glucose intolerance, then you will not be ostracized. The good part of this is that anyone not willing to listen to you is too stubborn narrow-minded to be worth knowing. Doctors, and family members included. ;)
People do it to hide that they feel that way about themselves no matter how skinny they are, or maybe they are hiding a different problem, but mainly weight problems. It is acceptable because we can control it in most cases. They don't know your condition and first impressions are todays biggest thing. Freedom of speech is just something we live by, which really sucks.....
Because some people bring it on themselves with a very poor diet and no exercise. People cannot make the distinction between those people and those that have a medical condition.
cuz most overly obese people dont do anything to help it
i was 180 pounds of pure fat im 5'4 but i actually did something to lost 50 pounds
unlike most people, alot of fat people deserve to be made fun of since there to lazy to do anything about it. i was made fun of but now im 145 pounds of muscle mass no1 says **** to me anymore about being fat
just hey theres that kid thats muscular as hell and used to be a fat ***
i get that at the gym by people from my school that are joining there
untill you do something to make your life change you will most likely be continued to be made fun of
till then have fun with heart disease high blood pressure and diabetes
but besides all that there are some people who are complete assholes ones that dont gain any weight at all and can eat watever they want. theyll get it later in life.
btw i have no idea wat that disease is so yeah
IMO it is NOT acceptable to make fun of ANYBODY, regardless of their situation. If your doctors are being rude then I do suggest you try and find new ones, because they seem to be too closed-minded to be of any use to you (especially if they've not caught your condition for that long, wow). As long as you know that your weight is caused by an underlying medical condition, and your family and friends know and support you, then I say ignore those rude juvenile idiots. What goes around comes around; and one day they will find themselves in a position where somebody is making fun of them over something, and I guarantee you, they will not like it one darn bit. Be the better person, hold your head high because you are doing everything you can to correct your weight issue; look the narrow-mindeds in the eye, and IGNORE them.
Hey i'm just being honest here but if some people look at a fat person some people think this person is a lazy slob hence the reason they think this person is fat,
A lot of people are uneducated about the fact that due to some medical conditions people could gain weight and also not be able to lose it.
In saying that though i do not make fun of fat people.
I don't know why people think that it is OK to be so mean & rude. I have Marfan's Syndrome & am constantly teased about being too skinny. People make remarks about me being on heroin or about being anorexic. Yes, even the uninformed Dr's make remarks to me about it. One idiot told me that he thought that I needed a Psycitrist...well...hello I have a heart problem. A lot of people are just ignorant & meanspirited but, don't let it get you down. A true friend will love you & accept you no matter what you look like.
I have PCOS too, so your not alone on this, i get the bashing from family and the doctors, my family are not supportive at all, they constantly criticise my weight and
when it comes to presents they say "sorry i cant get you clothes because i wasnt sure of your size, since youve put on weight" and my mum with the whole "you used to have a good figure why did you put on weight" and the stares i get out in the street makes me uncomfortable and want to cry.
I hate it, and its so pathetic that people award and applaud anorexics for being skinny and help them put on a bit of weight because they see that as a good thing, but when we have issues we dont get the help we need because people think we are just lazy and so they dont want to help.
I suggest, you find new doctors because if they are rude you are not getting the medical attention you desire and need!
I mean, they missed your diagnosis for 20years that is disgusting! and if i was you id sue them if you had enough evidence, but i think you should go to a new gynecologist because obviously they dont know what they are doing!
Ive only had PCOS for 2 years, and i was diagnosed when i was 20, im 22 now and still trying to find a decent doctor that will treat me for this condition, alot of doctors DONT know what they are doing with this, and just think the pill helps all it does it makes the symptoms less not the actual condition go away.
BTW im wondering have you had kids at all?
Just because you have a medical excuse does not mean every overweight person does.
If someone is ignorant and foolish poeple make fun of them because they brought it on themselves, people do not however (well politically correct people) make fun of people who are mentally retarded.
People who are fat because they do not exercise or eat healthy cannot ask to be forgiven or treated like victims, if you bring it on yourself you have only yourself to blaim.
The problem lies in the fact that it is more difficult, even for doctors, to determine who is overweight through their own fault and who is not.
If people are rude to you about it, kindly inform them of your condition or tell yourself that they are not really talking about you, they are talking about the millions of others who abuse the only body they have with food, revel in gluttony when children starve and live lives of apathy and inaction. because I sincerley believe these people deserve it.
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also, as someone else has said, i too got so much crap from kids in high school for being too thin, my own mother thought i was anorexic even when she knew i had a healthy appetite. It annoyed me a bit at the times it was said but ultimatley I didnt care. I knew that I wasn't skinny through any fault other than genetics. I ate healthy and I took good care of myself. The person they imagined they were making fun of was an anorexic person, and an anorexic person I was not, so they were not making fun of me.
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its not bull it is about being a bigger person, just because you have trouble being a bigger person (no pun intended) doesnt mean that mean that because I dont that I am talking bull.
what people say isnt important-what is important is how you react to it.
If you react to it badly it is YOUR fault and no one elses.
It seems to me like its your attitude thats the problem, not your weight. There are two really overweight girls I went to school with, one was nice and every one got on great with her,no one ever said a word. The other one however was a horrible girl, a right nasty piece of work. Poeple made fun of her weight to get to her for being such a cow all the time. Attitude matters to others even if it doesnt to you.