Sorry I screwed up the last post

i am sorry that I missed the memo on the last one. So here's my author's note.

In modern day life, body image is set by the media. Magazines, TV, and even comercials tell us the way we are "supposed" to look. But no one really looks like that. Photoshop slims models, stretches them out and whitens their teeth. Everyday people like you and I come in hundreds of beautiful shapes and sizes. But sometimes bullys decide to single people out because they look different. They're thinner than most people, or heavier than most people. Because of bullies someone might develop low self esteem or a negative body image. But these can easily morph into something much worse. Eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia claim the live of hundreds of people every year.

In the 5th grade, my personal bullying experience began. Kids called me fat or ugly. They threw things at me or screamed at me. One time they threw rocks at me to make me scream and posted a video of it without the rocks on YouTube. When the summer came, I thought that at long last it was over.

But new bullies arose in middle school. They called me names and cursed at me and told others to do the same. They hated me so much that I began to hate myself too. Every time I looked in the mirror, the things I hated about myself grew until they obscured my vision of the things I did like. I became depressed and didn't want to eat anything, I was terrified of getting fat. The bullies slowly faded away, but it was too late, by then I was unable to differentiate between their voices and the ones in my head. I was living on sometimes 200 calories a day I thought that I was a waste of space and time. Eventually, it ended, but it was an experience I wouldn't wish upon anybody. So I'm writing this so that maybe it won't have to happen to you.

Love,
Sofi