“Everyone in my life tells me that I don’t eat enough. I’m too skinny, my stomach has disappeared, my arm and fingers are too small, and a few more. The thing is, I’m healthy. No eating disorder and my doctor says I’m perfectly okay but my brain thinks I’m malnourished. When I eat I always leave food on the plate and every time my mom says something like “you eat like a mouse” or “you’re wasting food”. Another thing is my parents don’t force me to eat food. If I say I’m done they just sigh and throw away the leftovers. My situation seems so weird and normal at the same time. I’m not asking for a solution, I just wanna know if my story is weird or normal.”
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Someone answered with kindness...
I think it's normal. There's nothing wrong with you just because you don't eat as much as the next, and I'm sure you're amazing how you are.
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Another soul answered...
There is lots of variety in metabalism, so it's all normal. overeating and making yourself sick is worse than wasting food. I throw up from overeating very easily, so im sensitive about it but not in a disordered way; i have boundaries about stopping eating when it stops feeling good, even if there's two bites left sometimes i dont finish if my body's done. I eat salads with no dressing and my mom always says it makes me look like a rabbit, moms just say those things.