Thursday, 18 December 2008
Too Many Obstacles.
Life throws obstacles at you sometimes that you cannot find a way around. I've not got the energy to try and find a way around the obstacles put in my way anymore. Life is too short to fret and worry about what other people think about you. Just as long as my boyfriend and my parents are ok and happy then i will be ok. There are too many horrible things going on in the world for us to worry about the insignificant and petty problems the 'lucky' people keep bothering with. We are in it for the long haul and just have to get on with it as best we can. Remember, we are lucky ones.
Friday, 5 December 2008
Professional Ignorance.
OK, having recently experiencing back trouble, I reluctantly paid my doctor a visit last week, and boy was I surprised at the ignorance, lack of emotional thought and blatant rudeness of the reception I received.
Upon entering the doctors room (not my own doctor, might I add, who it is impossible to see) the first question I get asked is whether or not I feel the need to eat on a regularly basis as I am 'very thin and under-nourished'. Now I am more than aware that I am slightly built - I always have been, my parents are the same- but to be greeted with such blatant disregard for my feelings and with no obvious concern that she may be offending me rendered me speechless.
Before I had even taken a seat (albeit very slowly as I could, and still can, hardly walk), the doctor had proceeded to enquire if I had an eating disorder and whether or not I wanted a referral to an anorexia clinic. I politely, but firmly, told her that that would not be necessary as I did not have an eating disorder and probably ate more in a day than she does in three. It was only at this point that she stopped interrogating me and asked me about the original problem - my back.
The question I ask is, if I had been overweight would she have suggested, in such a firm and in my opinion rude manner, a referral to a weight loss clinic? I think not. In modern society, people are generally conscious of what they say around other people - regarding sexuality, appearance, age and many more- for fear of offending them. So why is it what we are quick to discuss, and in some cases look down, on people are naturally slim, but would never comment on somebody who is larger in build for fear of causing offence?
Not a week goes by where I don't get somebody making a reference to my weight - generally sarcastic comments such as 'oh, she could do with a good feed-up' or 'isn't she thin?' - always from total strangers who know nothing about me or my circumstances.
Some people are naturally slim, just as some are naturally curvaceous. Why do others feel they have a right to comment on something they obviously know nothing about with no regard for others feelings?
I am naturally slim. I eat healthy and am very happy with my weight. It is other people who have the problem.
Upon entering the doctors room (not my own doctor, might I add, who it is impossible to see) the first question I get asked is whether or not I feel the need to eat on a regularly basis as I am 'very thin and under-nourished'. Now I am more than aware that I am slightly built - I always have been, my parents are the same- but to be greeted with such blatant disregard for my feelings and with no obvious concern that she may be offending me rendered me speechless.
Before I had even taken a seat (albeit very slowly as I could, and still can, hardly walk), the doctor had proceeded to enquire if I had an eating disorder and whether or not I wanted a referral to an anorexia clinic. I politely, but firmly, told her that that would not be necessary as I did not have an eating disorder and probably ate more in a day than she does in three. It was only at this point that she stopped interrogating me and asked me about the original problem - my back.
The question I ask is, if I had been overweight would she have suggested, in such a firm and in my opinion rude manner, a referral to a weight loss clinic? I think not. In modern society, people are generally conscious of what they say around other people - regarding sexuality, appearance, age and many more- for fear of offending them. So why is it what we are quick to discuss, and in some cases look down, on people are naturally slim, but would never comment on somebody who is larger in build for fear of causing offence?
Not a week goes by where I don't get somebody making a reference to my weight - generally sarcastic comments such as 'oh, she could do with a good feed-up' or 'isn't she thin?' - always from total strangers who know nothing about me or my circumstances.
Some people are naturally slim, just as some are naturally curvaceous. Why do others feel they have a right to comment on something they obviously know nothing about with no regard for others feelings?
I am naturally slim. I eat healthy and am very happy with my weight. It is other people who have the problem.
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