From being called strawpipe to skeleton, I was bullied by my own friends for being skinny!!

Here is my story that you wouldn't have heard much. Because i am not that comfortable talking about myself, I  didn't have that confidence about my physical appearance which made me introvert. I used to know people are  going to laugh behind me anyway, so i was happy in my own nutshell.

Having said that, like me there are so many girls in this world who are skinny, i was not born skinny but with  passing time i started loosing weight it can be either genetic or just the result of an amazing metabolic rate. This doesn't bothered me whatsoever, i was happy then just like a normal child.  When i entered in my  adolescent period people started commenting on my body structure and started questioning " do you even eat?" People automatically assume that being skinny means not eating and no matter how much you tell them that you don't diet and you eat well, they just never believe you.

Once in my schooling days, i remember one of my friend said "people would scare to hug you". Yes, this does sound funny but for me or the girls who are skinny are often told  that others feel scared of hugging us who are skinny because they might get this "break you"  or might be the bones poke them hard. Sigh!

But trust me, i never let myself affected by the comments people used to make, strangely i used to laugh along with them because i didn't want this to affect my mental health. Mentally i was so strong i accepted that people won't stop commenting and being skinny was not my fault i made peace with it. If someone doesn't likes  me for my appearance for being skinny that's their look out not mine. I was clear with that. 

Here comes the tragic point when i entered in my graduation life. Everyday was so happening because when you enter college you feel the liberty (in simple words you have the wings to fly). So did I, i made here two best friends with whom i used to hangout, every day was like a celebration. I was so into that zone never had the notion that my best friends are making fun of me and bulling  behind me. I was unaware about the dwarf they were doing.

As i said earlier, i was not comfortable about my appearance for which i made my own borderline and this made me choose friends with whom i am comfortable enough. Here i made a wrong choice of friends whom i made my everything, who laughed about my physical structure named my arm " strawpipe" and body looks like " skeleton" and so on. I  didn't  expected this  from them which had broken me down.  My moral were so down started hating my body stopped wearing slevesless clothes went to  depression. You never know what could make you depresse, even the tinest thing could make you feel worst,  so be kind to every one.

However, this incident made me stronger than earlier and helped me to gain more power and confidence and also made me believe in myself that appearance doesn't matter if you don't have beautiful heart. Today i thank them, for this  i discoverd my strength and confidence. 

Love yourselves  however you're skinny or heavy,ugly or pretty if you're beautiful from inside thats  all you need.

Skinny or heavy they already know about their body you don't have to remind them how they look two positive words  can make their day! Be kind!!

©Varsha Nath