I realise deep down that I never actually hated my body, I just let people condition me to think that way. I thought being more curvy would make me more accepted and loved. I’ve come to the realisation that the majority of people who bash my figure are women who are not very secure in themselves and men who value a woman’s butt and boobs more than they value the woman. A lot of women will bring our body types down and in hope make us skinny women hate it. And I let that happen. I can’t give them what they want. To hell with them. I love my body. I have been blessed. You will never let me hate my beautiful body again.

- submitted by Meg

I’m almost 16 years old i’m 5 feet tall and weigh 90 pounds. I’m so goddamn skinny i dont fit into ANYTHING but the kids section. I have no boobs and no ass and im soooooo sick of not being able to fit into clothes and being called “lucky” because im so little. Everyone shows fat people love why cant they show skinny people love. Bigger people always complain “i dont fit into anything” well guess what i dont fit into anything either and nobody cares!!! There are so many plus sized stores and there are no special stores for skinny girls, how is this!? Im sick and tired of being told i look like im 12 because im so small. My sister is 12 and has bigger boobs and a nicer body they me! I’m so sick of being so tiny and everyone always asking me if i’m in middle school. All of my friends dont even understand the struggle of when i go shopping how hard it is to find things i fit into to. I’m so “lucky” really thats funny because last time i checked not a lot of stores carry 00 or xs. i cant take it i really cant. & im not anerexic i just have  fast metabolism im sick of the skinny jokes and the your so “luckys” because im not being skinny sucks just as much as being fat and i dont get why being skinny is so glorfied. 

- submitted by fuck-offfff

 I just want to thank you, so so much, for being such an amazing and kind person. I have had an immensely difficult time accepting my thin body.
It’s even worse as I am from the Caribbean, and here ‘curves are preferred’. I used to cry every single day and even ate pure lard just to gain weight. I have read all of your answers and if it wasn’t for you I would still be so depressed or maybe not even alive. My parents have helped greatly also but you have really changed my life. I don’t know how I could ever re pay you. Thank you so so so much.

- submitted by anonymous

(Source: theskinnygirlproblems)

This happened to me this evening:

Me: No I can’t have tea anymore, I’m on a diet.

Friend: asdhfgkhl;adfsf THE F—K DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE ON A F——-G DIET YOU F——-G ANOREXIC STICK YOU’RE ONLY LIKE F——-G 80 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me: um…. this is to GAIN weight and improve my health. Tea is making my health problems worse. I need to cut down on it even though it hurts.

Friend: I DON’T GIVE A F—K COME EAT SOME CHOCOLATE WITH ME PROVE YOUR NOT ANOREXIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

me: Silently eats noodles from cup while hating my life.

Everyone assumes the diet is because I want to stay skinny. They haven’t even considered that I have serious problems with my blood and NEED to be on a special diet to stay healthy.

- submitted by littlemisshobbitface

I went from 95 pounds to 101 pounds just by lifting weights. And let me tell you, I still feel like crap. For awhile, I saw myself as bigger and happy but after a few days I looked “skinny” again. So it is not about changing the number on the scale, it’s about accepting your body. Because it doesn’t matter how much weight you put on if you can’t love yourself.

- submitted by coincidenciaharmonica

I’ve been under weight since I was small. I’m 19 now and I weigh 92 pounds. It’s so embarrassing that I hate even telling people how much I weigh. I used to cry so much because I thought I would never make it to 100 pounds. Well I’m actually quite healthy and yes I have been called names like “twig”, “anorexic”, “bulimic”, “stick” etc. but i learned that if no one is going to love me I can love myself.

i have a boyfriend now and he thinks i’m absolutely beautiful.

i know it hurts but where i’m going with this is that you have to learn to love yourself :)

i want to become a model one day now. i’m not the most confident but i know that i can do it! :) i start classes in September  keep your head up girlies :) i’m here if you need to talk!

- submitted by learnbutneverregretxo

Reading a lot of these made me feel very inspired and now I realize I am not alone. I’m not the only one who feels self conscious about being skinny. Being 5’6 and 110 lbs, it is frustrating to be around all these other girls who have beautiful curves, legs, butts and boobs. Not being able to find fitting clothes, having no ass. It is a shitty feeling to look in the mirror in the middle of the day and see you have no shape, no butt, no nothing. Just skin wrapped around your bones. Most of all though, having the school nurse harass your family over something uncontrollable makes you feel horrible. My sister and I are very tiny, and in result, the school decided to point fingers at my parents for “neglecting” us despite the fact they are hardworking, kindhearted people. Nope. Dyfs came to our house last December and investigated us. This year the nurse sent us a letter about my sisters weight as well. Dyfs came right when my ex boyfriend and I went through a break up, so everyone accused him of calling dyfs on us, so we couldn’t even publicly get back together when the smoke cleared. All because my sister and I were judged for being skinny. This is why I get really pissed when people grab my wrists and tell me how skinny I am, or call me a stick, ect. I don’t call anyone fat or tell them they have sausage arms/legs. Why do it to me?

- submitted by sabrina-dawnx

Today was the first day I have ever been called “chicken legs”. It was by my friend, a relatively bigger girl. I nearly said something rude to her about her weight, but I didn’t, because I knew everybody would take her side over mine. It is also never okay to comment on somebody’s weight. It’s a horrible double standard on how you can talk about someone’s weight, guess their size, and talk about how skinny they are.

- submitted by anonymous

This isn’t really my story. More like both a friend of mine’s and my story. For starters, I’m in no way skinny. I’ve been average to overweight my whole life, but I’ve been doing really well with getting healthier. My friend (no names) on the other hand, has always always always been petite. Always. It’s simply how she is. I never bothered her about it, and we used to be so close. It’s hard to find friends who don’t pick at each other for weight. She was picked on everyday that we knew each other. Go eat a burger, ew stop puking etc. etc. She was literally making herself sick from trying to eat more crap to gain weight. No human is supposed to eat as much sugar, sodium, grease, and bulking powder as she was downing everyday. I’ve NEVER commented on her weight, even though I’m trying to get smaller myself. But she ended up turning really mean the one time I asked her to get medical help for how sick she was getting from all the things she was doing to herself. We’re not friends anymore, because she thinks I’m one of THEM now. I moved from where we were living, but the last time I saw her it seriously looked like her body was crashing… I’m probably putting this in the wrong place, but I wanted to tell all of the readers something. PLEASEpleasepleaseplease love yourself. Everybody and every body should. Please try not to listen to people who try to shame you for being small. I may not be small myself, but I do think that everyone should mind their own business and find other ways to make themselves feel better than by bullying other people. I have no idea if my friend is okay, because I haven’t heard from her since she stopped talking to me. When you feel that you are beautiful, THAT is what makes you beautiful. Society shouldn’t have a say in how we feel about ourselves at all. Our health is more important than some strange war over waist size. Tumblr love!!!

- submitted by anon

i used to hate how skinny i always was..not “curvy, plump, cherubic, etc”. i longed for a soft fluffy body, big boobs, even force feeding myself last year and making myself sick..a few months later i was back down to my normal size 1 jeans and flat chest. lately though i’ve learned to love it! i love how small, dainty and petite i am, i think of myself and delicate and tiny now instead of “scrawny” or “akward” or “flat”. most of all i love how it makes me look so much younger, i can pass for 5 or 6 years younger thanks to my small chest, narrow hips, flat stomach. im no longer trying to look like a blow up doll to impress men, and i must say i’ve never been single long and PLENTY of men love skinny girls!! i wish more skinny girls knew that. men have different tastes, they don’t all want nicki minaj or kim kardashian or big “curves”. there’s a pot for every lid. if you love yourself, others will love you too :)

There was an event at my school a couple of months ago when the boys dressed up like girls and vice-versa. I borrowed some clothes of a guy friend and, with a baggy t-shirt and my hair under a cap, I TOTALLY looked like a guy. Even one of my best friends didn’t recognize me, lol! I actually never realize how small my boobs are until I change clothes next to other girls. #Skinnygirlproblems. Or should I say #flatchestedgirlproblems?

Anyway, just a funny (and slightly depressing) story I thought I should share xD - submitted by anon

My parents divorced 2 years ago, and it was very stressful for me. I gained some weight, but not a ton. I have always been thin, and even then I was definately not overweight. That same year, I had “Mrs. B” as homeroom. Flash forward 2 years, I have slimmed down and am as thin as ever. I also have Mrs. B again for English. One day, she randomly mentions ” how thin” I have become, and goeas as far as to suggest I have an eating disorder and emotional problems! I assure you, I have none! I sit there shocked, and my best friend asks her if it is a crime for me to be thin. Mrs. B says no, she just PREFFERRED ME CHUBBIER! She told the rest of the class to make sure I was still eating, then dismissed us. Wtf.

- Submitted by bookworm667