Weight has always been and always
will be an issue for girls in the world. Society isn’t always helping either,
you look left and you look right and you can always see pictures of models who
are skinny and famous people who are super thin. Girls look up to these people
and want to be just like them so they decide they need to lose weight so they
can get down to 110 and people will think of them highly. Weight shouldn’t be
an issue for people and it doesn’t have to be, but sometimes our emotions and
experiences get caught up with us.
In the movie Nova: Dying to be Thin
it talked about ballet dancers who are supposed to be strong, balanced, and
skinny to the bone. They have to look a certain way so they can look “perfect”.
Dance teachers and couches, and I’ve even seen it myself, comment on weight all
of the time saying, “she could lose a few pounds” or “she could be better if
she lost a little weight”. It hurts those inside and out and they do whatever
they can to lose weight so they won’t be criticized anymore.
Models are always known to be tall,
beautiful, and skinny. To be a model you have to look a certain way and look
good in almost anything. Not true. Weight doesn’t matter when it comes to
modeling because all that matters is that you are you and nobody else and you
just care about what you think and not what others think. Everyone always says,
“oh you’re so tall and skinny, you should be a model” and when other girls hear
this they think that they need to be skinnier so they can get those types of
compliments as well.
There are many factors to people
having anorexic or bulimia like society, the people around them in their
communities, family, friends, distress, and more. Studies have shown that
people who are OCD have a good chance of having an eating disorder because they
want everything to be perfect and follow a path and if looking good is part of
that path they will do their best to get there. Many people have also been
abused in their lives and the stress and anxiety takes over and they stop
eating or they eat and vomit it back up.
No matter who you are you shouldn’t
feel like you need to be perfect for everyone. You can be yourself and be
healthy and lose weight if you need to in a healthy way. When people tell you
to lose weight just don’t listen to them, you need to listen to those who care
and yourself. Having an eating disorder can ruin your life and the treatment
and be extensive. If you have a disorder don’t keep it a secret because you may
regret it later on because you can become so sick and even pass away. It’s so
sad that people think they aren’t good enough and that they don’t look good so
they stop eating and starve them selves, it’s not worth it. You are perfect no
matter what anyone else says and appearance isn’t a priority.
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