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Fat phobia is rampant, as we know, across this country and worldwide. Naturally, I’ve heard average- and low-weight people make negative comments about those of high weight. But, more often, it’s high-weight folks who hate fat the most. They’re not only hurting themselves but hurting other high-weight people as well.
Here are some myths that fat phobia and weight stigma support, whether you’re projecting your feelings onto others or applying them to yourself.
It's time to stop walking around with these myths in your head. I often hear clients complain about how unfairly our culture views them, namely, the myths I describe above. But the fact is that they think these things about themselves although their very lives tell them the opposite: that they are disciplined, attractive, and care about themselves. They are the promoters of the fat phobia they can’t stand in others.
It’s time to look at your hypocrisy. If you won’t stand up for who you are, why should anyone else? It’s time to stop wishing and waiting for society to change and to radically shift your own views. Are you part of the problem or part of the solution? Are you against fat phobia and weight stigmatizing or will you continue to allow it to reign supreme in our culture? You don’t need to lose weight to feel better about yourself. You need to change your stinkin’ thinking.
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