Painfully Thin
Now that I am at the high school every day, I am closer to the reality of how thin some of the girls feel they need to be in order to look pretty. Painfully thin, in some cases. I overhear conversations all the time about diet pills, safe foods, starving bouts, and more severe means of weight loss. Generally, the girls talking about those topics are already thin enough, usually very pretty, and it is hard to accept that they cannot look in the mirror and see the same thing.
Of course, body image has been an issue for generation and generations. Perhaps back when I was in high school myself it was just as dire an issue, but I was basically ignorant of just how widespread it was. My immediate friends did not have issues. And, people were not as open about eating disorders then as they are now. As an adult on campus, I overhear more and am, in fact, made privy to many of the discussions. I incite trust in the students, it seems.
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