Ignore the story. See the soul

I talk about mental illness because I once reached rock bottom and nearly fell out of this world. I talk so perhaps you will hold on.

Fat shaming is real, constant, and rather pointed. There are a shocking number of people who believe they can simply torment fat people into weight loss and discipline their bodies or disappearing their bodies from the public sphere.

I know I don’t feel comfortable in my body, but I want to and that’s what I’m working toward. I am working toward abandoning the damaging cultural messages that tell me my worth is strictly tied up in my body. I am trying to undo all the hateful things I tell myself. I am trying to find ways to hold my head high when I walk into a room, and to stare right back when people stare at me.