so in health class last wednesday i was watching a movie called perfect body about eating disorders and how this girl wants to be in the olympics. she does gymnastics and her gym coach tells her to control her weight and what shes eating. the olympics meant a lot to her that she literaly stopped [...]

MY older brother is always putting me down and making me have a low self esteem, calling me fat and ugly. telling me i should kill myself and that everyone hates me. And, im only 110 pounds and im currently losing weight. I have bin depressed since i was 15, and im turning 17 in [...]

Media essay!!
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Commercials. They badger and denounce our bodies and wane our confidence in them. [Prepositional phrase]They hang over our heads and make us feel like we aren’t pretty enough. They try to sell their products by using perfect people and sometimes even Photoshop. They portray beautiful, flawless people with the perfect life, yet [...]

I’m so uneasy around my boyfriend it’s frustrating like, I feel insecure about my body yet he’s constantly saying I’m fit, I have a perfect body, I should eat more, I can’t be that bad if I get other guys hitting on me everytnight after work etc right? (I’m not thin I’m 127 pounds and [...]

First of all, I’m black (fully) and it annoys me how even causuin girls have bigger butts then me and i have really thin thighs :’( My mom has a big but thats only because shes over weight. And all my friends add all these cute black guys on facebook that have names like "prettyboyswaqq" [...]

Ok so last weekend was my birthday, I turned 16. I was having a sleepover with my best friends but everyone had fallen asleep except me and this girl, Kelli. She’s my age, and we were sitting in the living room at like 1 AM having those deep teenager talks, etc. The subject of sex [...]

Ok so last weekend was my birthday, I turned 16. I was having a sleepover with my best friends but everyone had fallen asleep except me and this girl, Kelli. She’s my age, and we were sitting in the living room at like 1 AM having those deep teenager talks, etc. The subject of sex [...]

Hey so I’m 16 in sophomore year, and this girl who just moved into my street, called Rose is 18, and a senior. We became close really fast. We go to different schoos, but I’ve been to her’s, and here’s the thing: She’s got the most perfect body ever. She’s slim, but really curvaceous and [...]

i am a 14 year old female. i am 5.5 and 110 pounds. i know this seems healthy and skinny, and i know i’m not fat. however, most of the girls in my class are super skinny, and i feel intimidated. i feel disgusted when i see myself in the mirror. i like myself from [...]

Last November, my boyfriend and I had a rough patch. I know it was wrong but I looked through his phone and found texts between him and this sleazy girl that were suggestive. One of the texts to her said "You’re hotter than her" which I have assumed to be me (even though he says [...]

Alright, here`s the deal.
I`ll be starting school (I`m in college, just to be clear) in less than a week, and I really want to be in tip top shape (obviously, I`m not expecting a perfect body in a week, I just want a system that I can get used to; one that guarantee results) Any [...]

Serious answers only, please.
I have no confidence in myself. I was struggling with my weight for a good year, and i finally got down to a normal weight for my height. But now whenever i’m at school, or in public, i always see these other girls with the perfect body, hair, etc. They have a [...]

I have had low self esteem my whole life, and it has effected how I think of my body.. When I look in the mirror, all I see is a fat person, and I can feel it too. I don’t know how though, everyone says I’m skinny or average or whatever, but I feel [...]

I am 16 years old almost 17 and i say im too fat. I am at about 148 lb right now. i just lost a few pounds after starting the birth control pill. My best friend just says ive been gaining weight since jr high cause of puberty but shouldn’t that be over with by [...]

I go out all day with friends or do something by myself during the day then around dinner time i come home and eat and dont feel like doing anything cause i feel so tired and sleepy. All i want is to watch tv and sleep but I know thats not good. Im on break [...]

Brain “Size 0”
When women are put under pressure to become a size zero, they starve themselves thin. But it seems that they don’t just shed pounds, they shed brain cells as well. By allowing the media to control our body image, we give up on all ability to think for ourselves.
The media always sets the [...]

please?
i need to starve my self. i just need to lose 40-50 pounds.
there is no one to go to for this.my parents say its stupid and they wont really help me.they buy fats.ew nasty. fats. make you fat.thats why they’re fats.derrr. but i have only eaten about 1500 cals in 2 days.uhmm fatty. people say [...]

in the last 6 months i have lost 60 pounds by eating right and working out 3 to 4 times a week and doing cardio 5 to 7 days a week, and now i have almost the body i want, but u have extra fat/skin around my belly covering up my abs. its upsetting because [...]

i don’t have motivation anymore.
i’m only 16.
my elementary school raised me to be really focused on school in order to achieve that oh so admirable "success" of a good college, career, and thus life.
in high school, my procrastination increasingly grows. i still yet take two AP classes. i love the classroom experience, and [...]

ok so i think i’m somewhere in 120 pounds and im short so you can imagine i look… pudgy. AND i hate running. i know its good for you and everything but i Absolutely HATE IT!!! I would rather be dead than to run and i cant ride a bike (i know weird for a [...]

Hello! I translated this text. You can check and correct me? But using simple terms (: Thanks in advance (:
The dissatisfaction of one’s body, is a problem that continues to increase. People, people and especially girls, are looking for an absolutely perfect physical, muscular, athletic, and are overly critical and intolerant of any flaw. These [...]

im really skinny but i eat lots so i don’t understand why…my mum doctor said i have a fast matabalism and i really hate it because all my friends have the perfect body and i am all skin and bones and now i am starting to feel very self conscious about my self…please give me [...]