Thoughts of a Teenage Girl
Anonymous
At the age of of 14, a girl shouldn’t worry about her looks, especially her weight. Girls at this age are affected by eating disorders of all kinds. Some aren’t easy to recognize because the person is hiding it so well, or that you don’t know the symptoms of the disorder to know that it’s affecting yourself, or someone else. At the ages of middle and high school now, many girls believe that they aren’t skinny or attractive. That could be influenced by an outside source like family, or friends. Or maybe it’s an inside source like what you might see on TV, or in magazines. I guess teenage girls at my age, and older look at photo shopped women in fashion magazines, and they believe that since that that woman is pretty, and skinny, that they also need to be skinny to be pretty too.
I have even have seen myself as fat. The thing is, though, I’m at a perfect weight for a girl my size. I’ve looked in the mirror many times, and thought to myself that if I lost weight, I would look appealing to myself, and guys. I’ve always had a confident attitude about my weight; never having a problem with an outside or inside influence telling me differently. But lately, thoughts have been slipping out saying that I could be skinnier, or that the shirt I’m wearing makes me look unattractive, or that the girl next to me is my height, and she’s way skinnier than me. As I’m talking about this now, I’ve realized that I don’t need to worry about my weight to make myself feel pretty. All I need to do is to know that I shouldn’t compare myself to others. That I shouldn’t judge myself on something that doesn’t matter in the long run of life.
Anonymous
At the age of of 14, a girl shouldn’t worry about her looks, especially her weight. Girls at this age are affected by eating disorders of all kinds. Some aren’t easy to recognize because the person is hiding it so well, or that you don’t know the symptoms of the disorder to know that it’s affecting yourself, or someone else. At the ages of middle and high school now, many girls believe that they aren’t skinny or attractive. That could be influenced by an outside source like family, or friends. Or maybe it’s an inside source like what you might see on TV, or in magazines. I guess teenage girls at my age, and older look at photo shopped women in fashion magazines, and they believe that since that that woman is pretty, and skinny, that they also need to be skinny to be pretty too.
I have even have seen myself as fat. The thing is, though, I’m at a perfect weight for a girl my size. I’ve looked in the mirror many times, and thought to myself that if I lost weight, I would look appealing to myself, and guys. I’ve always had a confident attitude about my weight; never having a problem with an outside or inside influence telling me differently. But lately, thoughts have been slipping out saying that I could be skinnier, or that the shirt I’m wearing makes me look unattractive, or that the girl next to me is my height, and she’s way skinnier than me. As I’m talking about this now, I’ve realized that I don’t need to worry about my weight to make myself feel pretty. All I need to do is to know that I shouldn’t compare myself to others. That I shouldn’t judge myself on something that doesn’t matter in the long run of life.