The past few days i've not been very well. That's bad because I hate being unwell, I had to have time off work and I revert back to being a small child and demand sympathy. It's good because I get to sleep lots and it means I've lost weight.
It also meant I had to visit the doctor. Which meant I needed to get weighed. My BMI has dropped and all they can say is "You still look healthy" I wrote a post before on mental illnesses being diagnosed using physical criteria.. I now meet the physical criteria but I'm not meeting the expectations of physical appearance. Something is wrong here.
You can not look at someone's physical appearance and know whether or not they are ill. I am underweight that is a fact, whether I look it or not is irrelevant.
It's like telling someone with depression they don't look suicidal so they can't be that bad.
Telling someone with cancer they don't look like they're dying so it can't be terminal.
Telling someone with diabetes they look normal so it's okay if they have a huge slice of cake.
Someone with dementia that they look clever so to stop fooling around.
YOU WOULDN'T DO IT.
So why is it different when it comes to eating disorders? Or is it really just because i'm fat...
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