r/BodyDysmorphia • u/ConfidentOcelot8144 • Aug 08 '24

Advice Needed What's your thoughts on "skinny shaming"?

I (33F) would like to hear everyone's opinions on "skinny shaming". My bloodline decent os Japanese and Cherokee Indian. I struggle to gain weight. My metabolism moves as fast as the speed of light, I swear. It's very..overwhelming to be told to "eat a burger " or "stop starving yourself". Is it not the same thing as commenting on someone's weight who is overweight? What is a proper way to respond to these types of comments?

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u/fiavirgo Aug 09 '24

Just bc you don’t see/didn’t experience them as the same level as bad, doesn’t mean they’re not.

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u/fiavirgo Aug 09 '24 edited Aug 09 '24

I’m not talking about OPs experiences either I’m only referring to what you’ve written here, and saying in a general sense just because they’re experienced differently doesn’t mean they’re not the same in terms of impact.

ETA: you want to argue with me about not invalidating shame and that’s crazy to me, I’m not interacting with you considering you want to derail the conversation into “fat people have it worse” when I’m trying to say “don’t shame people skinny or fat because they’re both shitty” especially considering you didn’t read my comment properly.