Why do SKINNY ppl think there FAT??

JEK717

Its all psychological. It is certainly not something to laugh at or to take lightly. It has to do with how you see yourself. Like with anorexia, you see yourself in all honesty as someone bigger than you actually are so you refuse to eat, burn too many calories and other such known actions. It is a VERY serious thing.

Surgeon General states that "psychological disorders are health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior or some combination thereof, associated with distress and/or impaired functioning."

"In biological psychiatry, psychological disorders are conceptualized as disorders of brain circuits likely caused by developmental processes shaped by a complex interplay of genetics and life experiences, thus there are inborn, inherited & environmental factors."http://psychological-disorders.org/

cowlover22

With me it is because I am anorexic..no matter how much I weigh or how bones are sticking out I still think I am fat...so that could be one reason. I dont do it to put others down..actually I really dont care what other people look like. I like them for who they are. Now with that being said why cant I do that with myself? It really is becoming a big problem. Kids younger and younger are starting to have body image issues. They hear it from adults, they hear it on TV..what do we expect. I never say anything about my weight or how I look in front of my great nieces..tell them all people are beautiful no matter what they look like..dont want them going through this!

cowlover22

maybe your MIL has issues too! Not so easy to get OVER IT! Have been trying for 24 years to get over it!

Abigailblue39

Same here, no matter how little I weigh, I'm never thin enough, muscular enough or satisfied. It started when I was 14 and I know it won't go away. On occasion though, I like myself now, but it took me years and lots of therapy.

warmachinejt

People have different goals. I don't wanna be just lean. I wanna be crazy ripped. When someone calls me skinny I get really pissed off.

jessradtke

I think a lot of "skinny" people say they feel "fat" because judging one's own weight is an acceptable, and even encouraged, form of self deprecation in our culture. It has little to do with their actual weight. When "skinny" people try to talk about being unhappy for other reasons besides weight, people often respond with something along the lines of "What are you complaining about? At least you're skinny." As if being thin equals being happy. We ALL have things we'd like the change about ourselves or our lives, regardless of how much we weigh. Maybe if we could accept that and support each other we would all be able to talk about what our REAL issues are and stop focusing so much on our weight and our looks.