Im skinny because of my metabolism and I dont get why people want to be skinny. I would LOVE to gain some weight. Im barely 90 and Im a freshman :/

ifrnks Exactly, baggy long shirts are my worst enemy

•Tiara• They look all baggy and gross. I literally can’t fit in any of the trendy clothes because they are meant to fit models or curvy people

loserenol My Dream is to be curvy with perfect hourglass shape

Double Bubble Disco Queen Urie Well when you’re too skinny clothes look awful on you too

Same!! I wanna see more videos about actual skinny people who have to deal with this instead of people who want to be skinny

For me, I envy sunken in eyes and collarbones. People whispering about how skinny I am. Thigh gaps and rib and hip bones. So take it from a field with a stupidly slow metabolism, eating less then 800 calories a day and working out every day too, it’s not fun to be fat.

Ahh I really feel you. I try so hard to gain pounds but my metabolism is too fast.

Sapphira Hart I get you, all my friends say that they want to look as skinny as me, but I always tell them that they don't know want they are saying, for me it's even hard to get muscles even though I exercise and for them is more easy, but they always say that I should stop complaining so much

Sapphira Hart Lucky, I'm 108 and in eighth grade.

Sapphira Hart  I have hated my body since i was able to understand that i look so.....different from all the other girls i know. I always knew my legs were small, and that my chest was flat, and that no one would even belive i could lift all that. Everyday i have to aviod salad, though i love its taste, because if im seen with it they assume thats why i have a slim face. That i starve myself. And thats not true! For i love salad, but chew on chips and candy when i please! But im an athlete, so i try to eat right. But when i do...i lose all the 2 pounds i've work so hard for...and the only person who knows im healthy is my doctor for sure. I prove i can run and lift all the things that normal girls can! Because at a glance i have not muscule mass..

And then one day. A girl i had always admired, for her curvy body and adorable tummy, said this:
"Haha! Wait what? How?! I love your body sm!! Its so flattering and charming, boy would i love to look like you!"

And that was the silence to all the screams. Now they are whispers, and i move on.

"Skinny" isn't really the right word...oh more like "perfect" is what people are trying to be.

Sapphira Hart yeah same I'm 109 and I'm a senior.

I honestly hate being skinny, I'm almost in 7th grade and I'm only 80 pounds. Everyone calls me a stick and I can't wear anything tight because it will be like sweatpants. I am 5"3 and 80 pounds so it's hard finding things that fit me. I look awkward in everything except for jeans. But I live in Florida so jeans aren't really necessary. Nobody in my school envys me, they just make fun of how I haven't gained much weight in 4 years. And it's hard for me to do exercise because I'm constantly burning calories so I get tired very easily. And I can't help being skinny, but I can't do much about it because no matter how many carbs I eat, I won't gain weight. I only gain weight if I grow. I honestly wish I could at least be 90 pounds. I just don't feel like I'm enjoying life because I can't wear regular clothes, I have to modify the clothes to make them fit. And I don't have an watching disorder, I just have a fast metabolism. But people still think that I'm starving myself or have an eating disorder. Anyways, being skinny isn't fun in my eyes. And I also couldn't go on some rides because I was too lightweight.

LlamasandLionsAndPhan Aw thank you<3 and I'm glad to meet other Phan trash;)))

Tweety Howlter wow. I am so happy for your existence. you are such an amazing human omg ily2. thank youu. And those phan references thoo 😉💗💗💗

Tweety Howlter my mind has been taken over by negativety. all these years of being called fat has broken my mind. i once had motivation to lose weight and got shut down by the skinny girls. now i just cry. i can't lose weight i do not have the capability. i don't have the power to believe in myself.

LlamasandLionsAndPhan it's mine too. We can do it. I promise.

my dream is to be skinny. that is all i could ever want.

Annqualise Yeah <b>we</b> get it. Now let's try and tell 7 billion people and see how that goes.

Annqualise Yeah *we* get it. Now let's try and tell 7 billion people and see how that goes.

+Tweety Howlter I understand what you're saying. <br>Honestly I just really hope that in the future society just lets people be how they are without discrimination. At the moment I doubt that's going to happen, but whatever.

+Tweety Howlter I understand what you're saying.
Honestly I just really hope that in the future society just lets people be how they are without discrimination. At the moment I doubt that's going to happen, but whatever.

+Tweety Howlter I suppose that's true, but being skinny also means being embarrassed by you tiny clothes sizes compared to everybody else, looking in the mirror and thinking you're gross, people grabbing your wrist and awing at how small it is. And being skinny doesn't always mean you're pretty, because if you have any ugly face, your slim figure doesn't always make up for it. Plus, I've seen plenty of larger people who look great! I do agree that overweight people are often looked at in a bad light, but so are skinny people. I think what most people here are talking about is being skinnier than average, which comes with a lot more problems than somebody with an average weight, and it seems like you are either getting confused between the two, or are forgetting/unaware of the problems of skinny people. <br>I DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE IF THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE AND IF SO I'M SO SORRY.

+Tweety Howlter I suppose that's true, but being skinny also means being embarrassed by you tiny clothes sizes compared to everybody else, looking in the mirror and thinking you're gross, people grabbing your wrist and awing at how small it is. And being skinny doesn't always mean you're pretty, because if you have any ugly face, your slim figure doesn't always make up for it. Plus, I've seen plenty of larger people who look great! I do agree that overweight people are often looked at in a bad light, but so are skinny people. I think what most people here are talking about is being skinnier than average, which comes with a lot more problems than somebody with an average weight, and it seems like you are either getting confused between the two, or are forgetting/unaware of the problems of skinny people.
I DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE IF THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE AND IF SO I'M SO SORRY.

Because, being skinny means you don't have to worry about being able to ride the rollercoaster, or a horse containing your weight, or if you friend says "it's ok you can change in front of me". Being skinny means you can eat fried chicken in public without people saying "oh <b>that's</b> why she's fat". Being skinny means you're pretty. And that's never going to change. No matter what people say, overweight people are looked at differently. And that, my friends is why I'm suicidal.

Because, being skinny means you don't have to worry about being able to ride the rollercoaster, or a horse containing your weight, or if you friend says "it's ok you can change in front of me". Being skinny means you can eat fried chicken in public without people saying "oh *that's* why she's fat". Being skinny means you're pretty. And that's never going to change. No matter what people say, overweight people are looked at differently. And that, my friends is why I'm suicidal.

same and I'm  17 ...just imagineee years of torment

Sapphira Hart I want to be skinny because I don't like the way clothes look on me. I don't like how everytime I'm looking for clothes nothing I like fits me. I don't want to die fat. I won't look pretty if I'm fat. I don't want to weigh a lot and hear my doctor always repeating the same thing "you're obese." Hearing my parents say I'm not is a lie. I don't like how when I need to change for P.E. there's lots of girls who are skinny and then there's me. I'm fat and ashamed of myself. My stretch marks also bother me.

Sapphira Hart same! people always are like 'ooh I want to be you" no I actually have trouble gaining weight because of my metabolism. please people just don't say that! it lowers my self esteem, and now I am scared of judgment when I wear tshirts. lol sorry for ranting. byee

Sapphira Hart literally where I'm at right now 😧 I hate when people point out how skinny I am and complain about how " fat" they are. I get especially annoyed when people say they wish they looked like me

Because society, media, have you seen models? Celebrities are what we strive to look like and most of them live with strict thin rules on their weight. I've got a good metabolism too, my best friend has been skinny always but recently (you can't stay the same always) she thinks she's gaining weight and now her, out of all people who said she'd never need to diet, is on a huge restriction because she doesn't feel thin anymore. It's sad, really.


mimi She talked about this in her book. She was not healthily losing that weight

Yeah I mean the thing is is that she was 'skinny' here- like in her tmi tag she said she was 8/8.5 stone I think and she's not short. I'm not trying to speculate her body or something but she was already thin and now she's even skinnier and she certainly doesn't seem to see it. I'm confused. (And yeah ik this was a month back but you seem like they only people mentioning it)

Julia Gaspar I feel like it was unhealthy weight loss tbh

yes she did, quite a lot and i wish she would gve some advice on how she did it or something


Oh my god, I watched this a long time ago much before I started watching you and I was just looking through your videos and I can't even believe that I never realized this was you. And it's beautiful and now for some reason it's more emotional because I know more about you whaaattttt


I wish I saw this sooner. I don't have an eating disorder or anything, I just would've been happier with myself.


Thank you for writing this, what you've said is so important and honest. I feel exactly the same way, I take no notice of weight other than my own, yet rather than changing my ways, i simply continue how I already am, perhaps a wise approach, perhaps not. however… i suppose society's just made me feel like the only thing i should care about is my appearance, and that somehow by not doing that I am wrong and a misfit. The thing is, the people who often tell you to be yourself and not to conform to society's rules are the people who are not always being themselves, and often do infact, conform to society's rules. Being what people want you to be often gets muddled with what you want to be, and not being the way you feel you should be is not a nice feeling. <br>sorry, just find of went on an off topic rant there!

Thank you for writing this, what you've said is so important and honest. I feel exactly the same way, I take no notice of weight other than my own, yet rather than changing my ways, i simply continue how I already am, perhaps a wise approach, perhaps not. however… i suppose society's just made me feel like the only thing i should care about is my appearance, and that somehow by not doing that I am wrong and a misfit. The thing is, the people who often tell you to be yourself and not to conform to society's rules are the people who are not always being themselves, and often do infact, conform to society's rules. Being what people want you to be often gets muddled with what you want to be, and not being the way you feel you should be is not a nice feeling.
sorry, just find of went on an off topic rant there!


I'm new to this channel but am Loving it!!!


Dodie you speak so well! You should do some jackanory-style reading :D


This was beautiful. I struggle with an eating disorder and it is so nice to see this poem. It can be very difficult to relate to poems like this because they are often so personalized, but I feel like this was simple and light and real, and I loved it. Thank you for helping me get through this tough night <3

I just came across this in my recommendeds and didnt realize I'd already watched it. Imagine my surprise when I saw I had left this comment to. I'm on such a better place than I was even a year ago, looking back and seeing Dodie has been there since then is so comforting ❤


OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS MY LIFE ILYSM YOU ARE SO INSPIRATIONAL! XX


Wow! Very powerfully delivered, definitely made me think about my obsession with being thin and muscly. Have I really let societal opinions seep into my head that much? Only thing I know is that I stay thin to avoid developing diseases in later life, but it's still no guarantee. Just my opinion though. Everyone is beautiful in their own way but I chose to be this way for myself, selfish I know but you can't help others if they aren't willing to help themselves. :( I hope you've inspired others to reflect upon their health you definitely got through to me.


I’ve made a poem, this might be long.

It hurts,
The hunger,
But my desire to be skinny turns it asunder,
I don’t need food,
I’ll be okay,
I know that’s a lie but that’s what they say.

I need to loose weight,
I need to do it quickly,
I’m far too fat,
Who would ever love me?

Counting calories is now a daily routine,
How many are in a bean?
It’s not healthy,
I know that I do,
But I can’t stop,
I think my stomach could be a hilltop.

Now there’s no three meals a-day,
I’m in complete dismay,
But it’s all to be skinny,
It’ll happen one day.
Until then food shall stay away.

How many calories in this?
That’s too many,
I must throw up,
I can’t leave any.
I feel like crap,
I feel like I could snap,
But It’s all to be skinny,
It’ll happen one day.

I have no energy left,
I’m too heft.
But it’s all to be skinny,
It’ll happen one day.

Why?
Why do I do this?
Why do I feel like I have to do this?
The standards are too high,
The amount of eating disorders,
They’ve reached the sky,
And society’s an imaginary tie,
They tie you to your disorder by the comments they make,
You’re too fat,
You’re too skinny,
Is there no way I can win?
It’s an uphill battle,
That I simply can’t win.
I’m never good enough,
I’m too this,
I’m too that,
All this chitchat,
Can they stop?
I can’t give in,
I need to be strong,
The only way I’ll feel loved is if I love myself,
It’s difficult,
It is,
But starvation is never going to help,
It isn’t a solution,
It creates more problems,
So learn to love yourself,
Believe me it helps,
You can be a survivor,
I believe in you,
And everyone reading does to.


I Love this video so much (I'm wearing your exact dress today) x


This is really cool! I feel the same.. so the same <3 and man this video just makes me wanna hug you.. and it's perfect and lovely in it's way and it made me feel ok... damn that ice cream looked good tho..


That was amazing and actully bought a tear to my eye xx but i agree about it not mattering what size u r x


Well done dodie <3 I´m not skinny but I do a lot of sport. i dont do it because I want to be skinny but to feel better about myself...


This was brilliant. I used to struggle with my body and trying to be skinny. When I was very young, I fluctuated between bone thin and gigantic constantly because thats just how I was. When I hit puberty, though, I got something I still havent decided if its good or bad: a ribcage wider than most peoples entire torso and huge shoulders that made it basically impossible for me to ever be skinny. Once I realized that Im never going to be that Adonis thats jacked with washboard abs, though, I started to realize that it was all pointless, and that I really didnt need to give one single fuck about what people thought of how I looked. I find that it is easier to go through life without giving a fuck about what people are going to say. Do you and enjoy it. People will respect you for it. My personal slogan has become, "Bitch, Im sexy and Im funny and Im a big fluffy teddy bear, get on my level." Try to come up with something like that. Itll help tremendously


Im 60 pounds overweight and have never felt more disgusting. This guy at my school who I call a "friend" says I'm fat and ugly and my butt looks weird... So I hide. Away from the madness of societies picture of perfect behind a jacket to hide my once silky skin and once unscarred wrist. Now torn but healed and never completely gone... I am a black child who's always been told that black was beautiful but... it's doesn't feel that way when your crush literally says they only like white girls so you move on to the next and the next but it's all the same... So you hide behind your books and your jeans that hide the cellulite that's there... because being you just isn't good enough anymore.


Skinny people aren't perfect, but this sure is ❤


This is beautiful. This made me want to cry. The beauty standards nowadays are just insane. Why do we all have to be skinny. Why is it that to be beautiful, you have to be skinny. It makes no sense. No one should ever change for this world.


I always love your spoken word videos you put the social trends on a pike and say screw that


This was powerful. Maybe with this, more people will understand how damaging our cultural ideals and pressures are to people, and maybe they'll have ideas what to do about it.<br>Thank you for making & sharing this!

This was powerful. Maybe with this, more people will understand how damaging our cultural ideals and pressures are to people, and maybe they'll have ideas what to do about it.
Thank you for making & sharing this!


Beautiful. Absofrikkinglutely beautiful. I love you Dodie :)


I know exactly how you feel Dodie, no matter what people say I will always feel uncomfortable with the way I look, But You are so beautiful and I love you cheer up sweetie <3333


I know I'm late but every day I look in the mirror even though I know I won't like what I see
All my friends are skinny and beautiful but not me.
I would kill to have a fast metabolism so I can eat whatever I want just like all my siblings maybe I got the bad genes.
I would  kill for a flat stomach and a tiny 22 inch waist then I could wake up in the morning and not think about food
Sometimes I wish I had an eating disorder I know it sounds bad but then I could always be skinny right..???... Why don't I look like everyone else..

I'm only 13


This song made me cry because that's my everyday thinking. My friends tell me I shouldn't worry, that I'm not fat, but I feel aweful in my body. Every morning I tell myself I'm beautiful the way I am, but every night I'm sad because I know I'm lying to myself. And so I eat, faking to my friends that I feel great as I proudly announce I would lose weight when I grow old... I can't help but thinking about how great it would be to have a straight neck, a single chin and not a double, to have bras that fit me without creating a mountain of fat, having a flat belly, normal sized thighs and muscled arms... I know we aren't supposed to be perfect but whenever I see my friends I think I can reach a goal... Before eating again, because I will never be strong enough to lose weight.


I remember when I first watched this about a year ago what you said slightly offeneded me. Back then I did have a slim neck and a tiny tummy. I'm still feather light but since then I have grown a lot and look quite different. But now that I watch this again I see that this actually has a brilliant message behind it! I really hope you weren't trying to offended anyone in order to make yourself feel better but I honestly can't imagine you doing such a thing! Hope you're having a wonderful day! Xoxo


This has to be one of the best videos out there.


That was awesome!! Plus you're accent is amazing!!!


I really like this. Nicely done on the slam poem. =)


Is it just me or should dodie do way more things like this (spoken word poetry) ?!?! omg I loved this!!


Wow... this is exquisitely written and really hits home.


this hits me hard. i am skinny, but when i look around and see my friends and how big and beautiful they are, i just get so jealous i can barely stand it. I will look at myself some days and think i look alright, but then i will took at a tic tok dance video with the girls flaunting they're big butts and developed breasts and i break down. i understand that i should like me for who i am, but it's so hard. i hate myself most of the time. I wish i could look like them. my friends will look at me and say that they wish they could look like me, but i know they are just lying through they're teeth. Is it so bad to want to be developed? All my friends have boyfriends. all the curvy girls have boyfriends. I, and all the skinny girls, don't. I can't belive I am ranting on a comment section, but, it seems to be my only sorce. people think i'm dumb because i want curves. is it really that bad?


This is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.


I'm allergic to dairy, trust me, giving up dairy is absolutely useless, But I just wanted to say I love your voice, when I had a panic attack I made my friend turn on absolutely smitten, you really help calm me down, You're amazing!  Also, I made a channel just so I could comment on your video, I love you and your work so much!


I'm using this video in my Women's studies class for a presentation on body dissatisfaction. This is so important.


What really concerned me, was how terrified you looked at the spoon of ice cream and striped a whole lot of before you put it in your mouth, almost fleeing from camera. i dont know if you have dealt with eating disorders in your past or doing it right now. just watched this very old video of yours and i dont know, found so much of myself in it. I have been diagnosed with EDNOS way back in 2012, after suffering quite a while and dealing with it ever since, i just want to say (not just to you, simply to everyone here): get help asap. if the eating disorder takes over your mind for a very long time it will almost never dissappear. You can 'recover' tho, but keep in mind that recover means in most cases just coping with this toughts for ever, resisting to give in. To be 'skinny' isn't worth the pain, nor does it feels better than tasting nourishing foods. I made that mistake of thinking that way, don't do the same. Get help as soon as you can and remember: even if you think of yourself as 'ugly' or 'fat', is looking a certain way really a reason to starve yourself? Is this the worst a human being can be? It isn't. And you don't deserve starvation or pain for not looking like a photoshoped model from sports illustrated. You are truly beautiful in your own way, each and everyone of you.


I love you from your head to your toes Dodie!


Dodie writes poetry? WHAT? How have I not seen this until now?!?!?!


Thank you so much this needed to be said


Wow this is so true dodie its brilliant for highlighting everything thats wrong with society, skinny isnt beautiful, healthy is beautiful!!


You're soooo gorgeous and this is amazing


so you are quite possibly one of my favorite people on the planet xx


Being "skinny" isn't as fun as you think it is. 😕

lmao being skinny is literally so much fun. no legs that rub together in summer, limitless options when it comes to shopping, there is usually size xs and s in every "normal" store, no judgmental stares from others if you eat in public....

Agreed either way ur not gonna be happy woth yourself cause skinny people want to have meat on there bones and the ones with it want to be skinny so ither way no one wins


How come I haven't seen this? I relate to this so much it hurts.


Jane The Hedgie PSA THAT YOU MADE MY DAY

+Jane The Hedgie OH MY GOD I THOUGHT THE SAME THING 👌😂

@***** well we're getting somewhere then

@Dave J Giles Wait. It doesn't matter as long as you're healthy. 831.

@***** i've been struggling with this for some time. my mind is searching for a way to try and address the problem. and i have no idea how to do it. how many people saying "it doesn't matter as long as you're healthy" is it going to take?

@Dave J Giles We all know that it doesn't just happen. There are vast industries bombarding us ceaselessly with images of officially ideal body types. We need a Reubens revival.

it was lovely dodie.. i'm constantly amazed at how much people give a shit about their size... we all do it though..


The amount of skinny people in the comments is really making me hate myself, ahh.
I know that my body has alot of muscle, and muscle weighs more than fat. So I'm bound to weigh more than other people because of that but it bugs me so much.
I don't know why people would want to gain weight, uness they were underweight and having health problems.
God, the most I ever dropped to was 108 pounds, I tried to be healthy again and now I weigh 132, but I'm not mentally okay. I obsess over this; and then I just feel silly because of all the other problems in the world.
There's war, people living in slums, people starving and then there's me. Upset over something like this.
I don't know what to do.

Emma Risby Being skinny isn’t fun. You get be-raided on your appearance by people you don’t even know because you don’t have curves.

This is gonna sound cliche, but keep going. Look in the mirror and realize you are here for a reason. You are beautiful and the idea that we should all be skinny needs to be rejected. I'm 13 and have a negative view of my body as well, though I don't have anorexia there have been small 2 or 3 day periods where I'd eat as little as possible. I thought I was alone in my struggle, but I'm not. We can get through this.

@sarahfish891<br>I've looked into some aspects of figuring out if you're healthy, and I've found out that I was - I'm five foot four, so my weight was aokay, but now I'ce lost about seven pounds and I feel happier with myself. I think it was just extra weight dragging me down, but I know that I'm just as healthy now as I was when I weighed more. I'm still self concious, but everyone is on some level. Thank you for what you had to say on this. I'll keep everything you mentioned in mind at all times!! : 3

@sarahfish891
I've looked into some aspects of figuring out if you're healthy, and I've found out that I was - I'm five foot four, so my weight was aokay, but now I'ce lost about seven pounds and I feel happier with myself. I think it was just extra weight dragging me down, but I know that I'm just as healthy now as I was when I weighed more. I'm still self concious, but everyone is on some level. Thank you for what you had to say on this. I'll keep everything you mentioned in mind at all times!! : 3

132 sounds pretty normal honestly unless you're really tiny height-wise. Just because people "have it worse", doesn't mean that your problems are not important and real to you. Yes, society does judge based on weight, however, people tend to be more harsh to those with unhealthy weight (both underweight and overweight). I hope you can learn to be okay with yourself and not compare. I know it's difficult but speaking from experience being thin doesn't make you happy in your body necessarily.

@SUPERLADDERCAT
Thank you so much for your comment. I'ts nice to read something like this and I'm much happier.
Have a fantasic day. Xx

just because there's people living in slums doesn't mean you can just dismiss your emotions! you feel what you feel!
and 'fat' does not define you. even though you feel like it does.
when i point at you, the you that you believe you are isn't fat or skinny or funny or annoying. That you is everything, it's anything and it's nothing.
i just really hope you find solace <3


Two years on and this message is even more true. Now I feel bad about my youtube binge :(


#1 - You are very cute and our body is very sweet.
#2 - You are very good with words - as in this "one act play".
You might consider performing a series of these "emotional connections" with people and their experiences - since you have the same ones. You are a wonderful performer with words - let alone music!  Please consider simply the spoken word once in a while. your face is wonderfully expressive! I really enjoy your stuff! Thank you!


whoa dodie  this is amazing I feel the same!


I wish skinny could be just another body type instead of an insult ...

Sweet Soprano When someone says it in a bad way it’s an insult. Being called flat and anorexic is not fun

Same I'm not skinny but I don't think it should be shamed because fat or skinny thick or thin it's body shaming and it should just stop. Don't get me started on the real women have curves because some women don't have curves and they're awesome

If someone's calls me skinny I take it as a compliment.Its how you feel about your body that makes it a compliment or an insult. If you don't like being skinny and someone points it out you'd think they're just being bloody rude but if you love being skinny and someone points it out you'd think that they're just giving you a lovely compliment.


I just subscribed, and this has got to be my fav video ever!!!


I was unsure whether to like this or not, because I can´t relate to this at all, but I´m sure there are lots of people that can out there and this was beautifully made so can´t not give it a thumbs up :)<br>Very very well done Dodie :)

I was unsure whether to like this or not, because I can´t relate to this at all, but I´m sure there are lots of people that can out there and this was beautifully made so can´t not give it a thumbs up :)
Very very well done Dodie :)


It starts with just a couple pounds
I know I need to put the fork down
Ew my thighs touch
That needs to stop
Well I already skipped breakfast
I can keep it up
At supper time mum calls and says “dinner”
And it hits me
The choice I have to make to be thinner
“I already ate” my voice echos out
I’m gonna lose weight
Who care for my health?

Now I’m crying, looking at my thigh gap
“I should be thinner. Why’d I eat dinner?”
I’m angry at myself and Ana is too
I’ve disappointed her after all we’ve been through.
Was it worth it? No.
I’ll go for a run and I’ll throw it all up.
Still, I’m just not good enough.

“You’ve lost weight”
I smile and say thanks.
Won’t stop now, push away the plate.
Skinny girl, even skinnier now

Until I’ve faded away into nothing, still not enough.


This describes me so well, every thing she said😞


you are just the best dodie!!! more spoken word!!


You created this one on your own? If you did I am at awe right now spectacular!!!!


YOU ARE SO TALENTED omg!!! that was ridiculously good


I am skinny (I've been 95 pounds since grade 7, I'm in grade 9 now) and I've been trying to gain weight because all my friends keep yelling at me that I'm too skinny and that I need to eat more, but I eat to the point where I'm sick because my own mom, the one who sees what I eat thinks I starve myself, that I'm not eating enough. Sure, I went from a size 16 in girls (I think that's a large) to a size 12 (medium) but I can't hap it. I didn't stop eating because I'm not insecure of my body. My mom told me that I don't have boobs because I don't eat. She told me my butt is now flat. My new jeans used to be tight to my skin, now they are baggy. My thighs are the size of my brother bicep. Some of my friends starve themselves because they think they are too fat but tell me to eat more... Most people get happy when you say they lost weight, for me it's the opposite. I'm scared because of this, I don't know what to do other than eat until I feel sick. Also I've been nauseous most days so that's not fun. Anyway my point is, as long as you are eating health and your weight isn't effecting your life or health, then your fine, and your beautiful!!!!


This os so true. Did you write this yourself? If you did, omg you are talented. Also, i feel the same way. Even people i walk by stare at me..... Sigh


Words cannot describe how amazing this is.


THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE SEEN ALL DAY <33


I've always been jealous of my friend's body and one time I said it to her, and she just said that she hates her body. And that has stuck with me forever. No one seems to like the way the look, not completely.


It's sad that I relate to this so much. I want to get skinnier but don't have the motivation and I try to tell myself that I'm beautiful but in reality, I'm getting nowhere.


I know I’m really late but this is literally how I feel. 😭😭😭


I know this may sound cliche but honestly you have one of the perfect bodies I've ever seen.


Dodie, You were then and are now more and more fantastic!


You are a beautiful, confidant young woman!!!!


Well, starvation is the topic, just on the wrong end of the scale.

I don't think she's very well placed to write a poem about famine or drought though...


you beautiful lady. shine like you were meant to


luff u so much dodie, this was beautiful, do you mind if I use this for an acting competition? (I'll say it's yours don't worry)


Don't support people being obese by saying, " oh, your beautiful the way you are." You're not helping them. People who eat a ton and are fat and then act like its some debilitating disease don't deserve sympathy. Don't be afraid to describe them as fat because that's what they are. They should be ashamed if they are overeating slobs. Try working out like everyone else does and maybe you'll be skinny. Stop supporting obesity.

I'm overweight when I try to lose weight my curves don't go I hate myself as it is but calling people like me slobs makes me wanna hit you because this isn't helping anybody it's making it worse because I want to eat the tears away!

Honey you're the only one here who thinks that<br>Try and think before you comment, didn't your teachers tell you that? Or have you not started school yet? :)

Honey you're the only one here who thinks that
Try and think before you comment, didn't your teachers tell you that? Or have you not started school yet? :)

Its not about "going to the gym and shuffling their face' its mostly beacause they have gone through some horibble things in life and eat food beacause they relate it with hapiness and takes them back to the good days. And there are peapole like me who is fat geneticly and or have a diesease....do you then think its as easy as stop eating or going to the gym? I work out everyday due, and is curently on p90x but well it doeesnt help. And some peapole feel sick and Even dying when they dont eat food they have beacome addicted too..  I hope this comment made you realize that sometimes you need to be obese to know how damn hard it makes your life

@Maribbons its not what the poems about anyway stop

I'm sorry but what about people with medical conditions such as hypothyroidism? They can eat the same as a "skinny" person but still be constantly putting on weight due to a lack of thyroid hormone to increase their metabolism. Would you tell them to be ashamed of themselves and that it is their fault?

THIS IS ABOUT PEOPLE FEELING SELF CONCIOUS AND UNDER EATING DISORDERS NOT OBESITY APPROVAL

There's a lot more behind over eating than you will ever know. So think about what you're saying before you say it

ok iv just read it again and what if we are trying to loose weight...

@KrazyKat1402 actually you can eat certain things to improbe your metabolism and stuff, or adjust your diet so a bad metabolism won't kill you.......... umm but still

Not everyone is the weight they are because they are "overeating slobs". Sometimes it's something they can't control because of a slow metabolism or something similar. Also not everyone works out, I know I don't do that much exercise. And not supporting people? That's just wrong. If someone is obese they probably know they are and they don't need people to tell them cruelly. Half of the process of losing weight, or gaining weight, or getting over an eating disorder is having the confidence in yourself to try and that's not going to happen if you don't have emotional support.

no, you don't have to be rude....... just because someones fat doesn't mean you should discriminate them or make them feel like shit, that's what assholes do. Tell them they are beautiful an all, because being obese or a little chubby isn't unattractive. If anyone's eating is causing problems with their health (under and over eating) then you should help, not be a complete douche and emotionally hit them with a car.

How could this possibly be the only conclusion you've come to about this video? It's in no way about 'supporting obesity'. It's about the distorted view people have about their own bodies despite knowing for a fact that everyone's beautiful, regardless of weight. And I think it's bloody reassuring for people to know that everyone else feels the same way. Also, I find your use of the words 'overeating slobs' incredibly offensive. How narrow minded of you to dismiss larger people as simply overeating and not working out enough, when there could be all manner of factors contributing to their weight. Also, their weight is their business and their business alone.

@Maddi Taylor You're so mature. Rock you're right, but not everyone needs to go to the gym to stay thin. I just wish people could see how easy it is to live healthy and stop stuffing their faces, or otherwise neglecting themselves.


I think you missed the point of the video <3 but thanks!


this is super nice! I think things like this should be shown in schools to young girls and boys becayse so many people struggle with "skinny"


Is it just me who thinks big thighs are attractive, I have them and I love them


Love this! :)  ...and now I want ice cream.


It hurts me that you and so many people relate, I can't seem to get out of this unhealthy mindset even though I am trying so hard :(


thank you for this. honestly, thank you.


This is fucking incredible. I'm just really glad I found this.


i want to do a dance with this for my final piece but its too short I wanna cry


This makes me feel so much better knowing I'm not the only one


nearly a year later and that ending is still Mt favourite thing on youtube. (also i have the same dress as you're wearing here :p)


I like that you included the bit about going for a run and didn't just talk about food, because the number of teenage girls I see wanting to starve themselves to get thin is astonishing... It shouldn't matter that much if you're considered skinny or not so long as you're healthy!


i just really hope she enjoyed that ice-cream, she deserves it


Well done.

Did it ever occur to you that your eyes don't see how you really look?


You are an amazing and beautiful person Dodie... Okay by now


omg girl, so true so simple so beautiful


I'm skinny and I often feel insecure about it. My friends make fun of my flat stomach and skinny wrists. I'm already insecure about how I look but I feel as though I can't voice my concerns because my friends start complaining about how "fat" they are.


Just summed up my exact feelings and the majority of my eating disorder


one thing i've learned recovering from eating disorder - chocolate has more happiness points than calories


I understand the point you are making in this video, and I though it was lovely until you reached the point about skinny people "arms and legs you can snap". I have always been "skinny" even though I eat like a crazy person, and although now I am more average, I remember when I was a size zero and I was so self conscious about it. It really bothers me when people call me skinny too, because I don't think its right to make a comment on anybodys weight unless they truly are happy with it, like "Wow, you've lost so much weight." Sorry for ranting but I think we all need to back off skinny girls and stop putting them down for the sake of overweight ones.


Why can't we all just love ourselves...?
some of us weigh less than others, and some of us weigh more.
some of us have fast metabolism, some of us do not.
some of us have arms that look like they will break any minute, some of us don't.
but what we all do have, is beauty. It doesn't matter what our bodies look like!
you are all beautiful, including Dodie!


Ugh, I relate to this so much. I'll never be pretty enough. I'll never be beautiful. I'll just keep stuffing myself until I'm full and cry about how fat and ugly I am.

Oh I didn't realise this was posted 3 years ago haha


I just went into ... maximum overfeel. Very nice. Mission accomplished; I'm now depressed. Keep making more vids :)


Well, my body isn't my favorite. But I know that it's hard to give up eating poorly because everything is delicious. Salads and veggies aren't so delicious and it's very hard. I tend to wear shirts when I swim because of my folds... it sucks people look at me sometimes thinking I'm weird for wearing a shirt. Have you been through something like that before?


It honestly breaks my heart that we live in a world where you will never be good enough. You can achieve 'societies perfect body image' and still not be 'good enough' or 'pretty enough' or 'thin enough.' It's really kind of disgusting actually.


Everyone has insecurities :), and everyone gets made fun of. But the reason why is because they have insecurities about they're own self. But remember this, you are perfect the way you are in so many ways! and people look for every little thing to find and to pick. Don't listen to them :) be strong. It doesn't matter if your size 700 or size 118. Your PERFECT the way YOU are :DD


really good poem! all i'll say is that "skinny people" are self conscious as well, so lines like "arms and legs that you could snap" kind of hurt :( personally when i watch tv i feel bombarded with images of beautiful women with amazing curvy figures all the time, it makes me feel rubbish because being skinny is seen to be less of a woman


This is literally the best thing ever<3<3<3


This is some thing I can really relate to. I am a large person by DNA and there is nothing I can really do about that. Yes I can lose some weight but I will always be a large girl I just have to accept that. I love my sports and my dance but I get pitying looks from my fellow as they think I wont last. Yes say I that I don't mind my shape but you can sustain that lie for so long if you have friends that are half your size. We need to start normalizing all body shapes ( p.s. I love this, and every thing you do :D)


I don't think I've ever heard anything that I could relate to more


I feel like I can never be skinny, but I realized that I need to actually put effort into being skinny if I want to be.


I wish I was skinny. Being large as a guy is so brutal. Girls at the current day have all this support for body image and loving yourself, but guys haven't had any of this. It's still in the dark, guys can be self concious and lost too. It's hard to find someone to relate too, but oh well. I'm a lost cause anyways.


The ending was literally me then I'd be crying cause i regret eating the ice cream


you have no idea how much I relate to this


everybody has their own image of a perfect body
some of them fufill theirs and some don't so
maybe you don't consider your body perfect but someone else might


Still one of my favourites of your videos


I've always wanted to be thin, and I know that obviously, a lot of people want the same. But I can't feel motivated to even get out of bed in the morning for a jog, and i feel like i want to cry whenever I look at myself in the mirror, this story is very similar to a lot of others, but depression has made me comfort eat, and i've been called names to do with being overweight even though when i was very thin in senior school I was bullied for being skinny, I can never be perfect. This song is so accurate dodie.


This describes exactly how I feel everyday, I'm only 14 and I'm like 250, and I really want to lose weight and go on runs and stuff but I'm too embarrassed since I get out of breath really easily and if someone saw me out of breath I'd hate it. My family is too poor to afford a treadmill or something, and I love food too much to diet. And people who are confident and chubby are amazing! And just bc I can't stand my stomach and double chin doesn't mean I don't adore people who have them as well! All my friends are naturally skinny and other kids my age bully me a lot for my weight. I just want to lose like 50 pounds but I just don't know where to start


super poem, super accurate (unfortunately)


even if one is skinny we still dont meet society's standards of beautiful, to be beautiful uve to have all these curves but at the same time be skinny asf, being skinny isnt great, we have all this self conscious thoughts and people constantly asking us to eat more or downgrading themselves as they desire to be you (which aint nice cos u feel kinda guilty for smth u cant help). dont starve yourself or hurt yourself to achieve an ideal weight, being healthy and comfortable in your own skin matters wayyy more than trying to achieve unachievable standards social media created for us


How could you have that ice cream there? And not be tempted? Wow, you're amazing.


This is incredible. Thank you. #FuckDietCulture


I want to use this monologue next time I audition for a school play


"make me a size 0 fairy"

"make me a fairy whatever it takes"

guys she didn't forget


Skinny dreams turned into WINNING CREAMS!!


OKAY WOAH WOAH WOAH DODIE CAN SING AND SHE CAN WRITE POETRY BOI WHERE CAN I SIGN UP TO BE AS PERFECT AS SHE IS


+doodleoddle Can I use your poem for an audition I think it would be perfect.<br>Thanks in advance

+doodleoddle Can I use your poem for an audition I think it would be perfect.
Thanks in advance


I can only hope that one day I'll learn to love my body but until then I'm stuck


I'm happy and healthy :) I'm 60 kilos and I'm 14 I'm healthy and well portioned. I feel sorry for the people out there that feel as though their bodied aren't good enough when they're perfectly healthy


This is an amazing video but its the opposite for me I'm just too skinny and struggle to actually gain weight


I want to use this in my speech for a NFL Speech event ! do you have a published transcript of this !? @doddleoddle @doddlevloggle


I weighed 100 Lbs. I hated it. I was "To skinny" So I just lived life. My metabolism caught up. I gained 10, 30, 60 Lbs. Then started starving myself.... I weight a healthy 130 rn and my road to recovery is not over.


U are not fat u are a ukeleleist ( I think that's a word ) who inspired me to become one myself. I now represent my school on a national level because of u so thank you so much


I relate so much to this poem, as I sit here with a bowl of cake and ice cream.


Being skinny is a not a joke
I'm under weight and too skinny
Skinny body shaming never left me alone for my all life
I wish I could be in shape like most girls are..
I eat Enright but never gain weight
At the end of the day I find a way to love my bones Cuz it's all I got


I love this poem, and i know how you feel. I worship those whoeat whatever and are still skinny, i have a friend who's like that. And she wants to put on weight so bad, she gets jealous of me! my though is; We all want the opposite. If you have straight hair, you want curly, if you have green eyes you want blue.


I relate to this a lot. although my mom says I'm a normal weight, I get called heavy, fat or chubby by my friends. I'm classified as one of the "bigger girls". at volleyball, I'm always making sure my spandex are pulled down enough so my thighs don't show. I only wear baggy shirts because I'm self conscience of my stomach. I never kneel because of my legs. and no matter how healthy and fit I try to be, no one seems to appreciate that I try. nothing I do seems to matter.


I have that dress! your so beautiful Dodie <3


OMG I DIDNT KNOW DODIE DID SLAM POETRY!!!!!💖💖🦔🦔🦒🦒🌈🌈👑👑😍😍🍕🍕🍕


that last line fucking gets me every time


As I am going through anorexia this is SOOOO accurate.
I know I'm skinny but I don't. It doesn't make sense but it's my brain! And I can't help it or figure out how or why! I was happy then suddenly I stopped eating. And I liked it. I want to be skinny and not 124lbs. But FOOD! It makes me hungry and discussed at the same time!!
~DM Emily

Also after the first 13 seconds I was crying. Thank you doddle!!!!


I can totally relate to this.

I have a genetic condition which causes my joints to dislocate (currently got a dislocated rib) and many other things. It means that exercise is impossible for me, even walking is impossible. Due to the condition I have IBS, so I cannot eat certain foods. I am in constant pain which affects my mental health.

I am overweight. However, I struggle with an ugly combination of Binge Eating Disorder and Anorexia, not helped by the fact that doctors have told me that loosing weight will help (it wont, my physio says so).

It is a hard struggle, but man am I going to get through this. One day I will love the way I look, I won't love my body though. It's impossible to love a body that betrays you on a daily basis. One day I will be free from my eating disorders. I may be in a wheelchair by the time this happens, but man I will get through this.


im skinny and i get very self concoius about how skinny i am but i still relate to everything in this video and im torn eery day between wanting not to be skinny, and wanting to be more skinny.


has she done different ones or is this the only one? I WANT - NEED TO SEE MORE?!!


I swear this is the best video ever. Ohmygosh, I love you.


I really liked this video but I can't really relate because My genes made me not able to get alot of fat allthough I get where you're coming from dodie :3


I can relate to this. I'm so insecure. Why is society pressuring us to be approx. 2cm thick. WHY


very well written. I've been really REALLY depressed today (just a bad day with my mental illnesses) and this kinda helped... Even though it takes more than just a poem to fully break what my chemicals do, this poem did help more than you knew...


Every one wants to be skinny. I dint understand why. I'm one of them people who are naturally skinny, and no matter how much I eat.....I can't put on weight. Iv been called anorexic, and Iv been tolled I have stick arms and legs. And it's not fun. Your a perfect weight Dodie, I wish I had your body 💕


im feel really bad with my body, and watched this videos for try to feel good with my body and know that people like you can acept everybody, every person, but i just... i can't, im bulimic, and every day im feel bad with me, i can't stop to think about it, and i hate it...


I hate when people (not in this video but this is still relevant) say fuck skinny people they have it so easy, socially we certainly don't.
People (me) get teased and called out for being dangerously underweight because they know I'm to thin to win in a fight, so I just have to deal with it i guess.
I have high metabolism so no matter how much willpower I have nothing will ever change.


Aww,loved this video but being skinny isn't all that great,I was hospitalized when I was 8 for being too skinny luckily I became better after that but then I realized I didn't like being too skinny,I never fit into any dressed or any bras even in the smallest size and there are my friends with pretty faces,nice curves that they took pride in and I was sitting next to them like a cardboard box and I know beauty doesn't define you but its nice to know once in a while that you're beautiful...


You are beautiful just the way you are. We all love you no matter what.


Can I just say YOUR EYE MAKEUP IS FLAWLESS HERE


Im not the skinniest. I dont like my stomach. I dont like how my "skinny" friends complain about how theye think they are fat. But the way i try to think of it is if i dont care how other people look then they probably dont care how i look. Its hard to explain but thats just the way i try to think of it when im feeling insecure about my appearance


I just wanted to say this poem you wrote, is so inspirational to me.   I was close to 450 lbs and with a lot of struggle I am almost to the 300 lb mark.   I am 56 years old and married, my wife struggles with her weight as well.  Once I break the 300lb mark and I can say that I weight 200 plus pounds it will be wonderful.   It is such a struggle, people do not realize that it is not natural not to want to eat.   The world accepts over over indulgence in drinking and drugs, they will send you to rehab and make you better.   What happens when the over indulgence is food.  We are weak minded, pull yourself up by your bootstraps and just exercise.  Well it is not that easy...I know that your poem is directed to girls, and you my dear have no weight problem.   You poem brought tears to my eyes, I have been judged all my life by the way I look not by who I am.   Will you please make the text of this available.


I'm naturally skinny, and I just find it so weird how girls like dodie want to be skinny. Like wtf I honestly hate being this skinny. I look so awkward, everything hangs off me. I can't wear leggings either because my legs look like sticks. So, I guess we have the same problems but we both want to be eachother. Goes to show how everyone wants to be someone else


Your accent is so different now! Still love you, Dodie!


I thought this would be a video about the troubles of being skinny, but alas, no. I mean it's totally fine to talk about wanting to be thin and I get it, but I just want somebody to relate to on this.


I feel the same about my weight I eat quite healthily and I try hard to exercise regularly but I'm still really fat and it makes me feel really upset.


I can relate to 1:23 because sometimes I squeeze my fat and act like I’m slicing it away with my hand is that crazy???


Dodie, maybe you won't ever see this, but this made me stop and think. I feel fat, somebody called me fat, but after this, I don't really think it matters. Thank you for making this.


Finnally a body positive video from someone who isn't plus sized


Sometimes, it's like you write my thoughts. 'She' is very familiar to me, but this even more so. I think you look beautiful, but people think that of me, I'm told. You do though!

And you're so very talented. And awesome.


I've never connected with a video more than this one


That looks so frigging delicious! Save some for me!


Could someone please make a subtitled video of this in Spanish?


I think a lot of people are missing one of the huge points of this - that you can be "skinny" and still feel so uncomfortable in your own skin.


I love this message but really, after being teased about my size in school and now always self conscious - skinny is not as good as it is glamourised to be. People think they can get away with more jokes about being thin than being fat


The problem with weight is everyone has issues with where it is. I have some stomach fat, and when wearing shorts my thighs appear fat. But if I attempt to wear skinny jeans they sag and look weird. Idk.


typically the stuff that's bad for me just fills me with joy


O GAWD... You have to do things like this more often ;-;


sometimes I'll watch this video, than just reply it and pause at 0:05 to make myself happy


TRIGGER WARNING
I remember when I was terrified of eating anything with sugar. My starved brain was getting twisted. This slice of bread will make me fat, why would anyone eat ice cream and pizza was scary. My old favorite take out meals turned into ordeals and no one seemed to notice why I so often said I felt 'sick' or 'full' or 'still not hungry' or why I walked out of the bathroom after every meal pale and shivering.

I could fit a fist between my thighs but because of the size of my hips I said it was all lies. My sickly skin could barely stretch across my back my shoulder blades and collar bones cutting my spine protruding so much that when I lay down on the ground, it hurt. Could see the bones in my arms and my hips bones pointed out like claws but 'Skinny boys don't eat' my stomach caved inward yet like my torn up wrists and suicide attempts it was all hidden, under baggy jumpers, except when doing martial arts the place where you are meant to look strong and I had weakness written all across my body, when washing up I was tired of wet sleeves so instead I received death glares from my family.

And despite my brains inability to understand numbers I took it upon myself to start counting calories, what should I eat today, a grape, half a grape, maybe I'll go without, Meanspo poisoning my mind and my brain becoming my own personal bully. When dinner was finished this voice would scream how I've ruined everything and 'exercise makes you happy' but when I am collapsed on the floor, my ribs visible through my wafer thin skin heaving and tears rolling down my cheeks did I feel good. The voice certainly was saying I felt good.

When I squeezed my skin, not fat but skin, and my voice and my voice both screaming 'Don't you wish you could shrink!?'

I wanted clothes to fall on me like the 'hot guy' in our group that everyone thought was attractive I wanted that, I wanted people to be proud of me as if the way clothes fell on me actually mattered to anyone, as if the cellulite on my thighs and the bags under my eyes actually mattered. I no longer saw people. I saw flat chests and thigh gaps and cheek bones and collar bones and hips bones and skeletons and dead boys and skeletons and dead girls and over used scales that I would later smash against a wall as I slumped down to the ground astounded that after all my work it sat at a whole '108' pounds. And when that number dropped to '99' it still wasn't enough so half a grape was too much and meals weren't acceptable.

And when I, the skeletal figure stood himself in front of the mirror, he did not see his decay. He did not see what going hungry during the school day and hours of retching over a toilet had done to him. Despite an army of friends screaming the truth and how much he begged himself to see what they saw he still saw, fat.

-I never want to be that way, ever again. And I cannot ever thank enough the people who helped pull me through.
This should not be a thing that anyone has to go through.
And this isn't me asking for attention. I'm just sharing my experience.


I can relate to this so well except im doing pretty well exercise,no food,throw up waht I eat.  I  losin but its happening so slow and its painful too..sorry for botherin y'all


Sweet use of the length of "skinny" to make it stick out!


Dont know how you can relate to these feelings you speak of ( maybe you used to be fat?) Either way this was a nice vid.


This is brilliant. Something we can all relate to. I don't eat a lot of cakes/chocolate/icecream but pizza is my weakness. I've lost 21lbs since joining the gym but there's still always that pressure to be a better version of yourself. So glad someone reminded me recently I'm awesome as I am. No matter how many compliments or insults you get it's what the man or woman in the mirror says that matters most and they should always be loving which aint easy.


I am constantly battling these thoughts and comparing myself to everyone I see. I often look at people and wonder why they don't have the same worries as me and why their weight isn't constantly on their mind. I go through phases of starving myself and then binge eating. I pretend not to care yet it brings me to tears when I look in the mirror. I can easily lose weight but it's never enough.


Let's all be thankful that our biggest problem is too much cheap and ubiquitous food. 90% of human history would be jealous of our #1stWorldProblems


I'm actually a healthy weight for my height, but I still feel self conscious over the little chub I have. Some things just don't fit me well and in stores, my clothes are considered plus sizes. But when I go to the doctor's they say I'm super healthy. It's just the sizes of my clothes that guilt me into thinking that I'm over weight.


BE FAT FOR GOD SAKES. Suuuuuuure there's health issues. Believe me I know that shit, but FUCK IT. Live life and make it fucking amazing. Don't go overboard and be 1000lbs and just be like "my legs done function" but be chubby and be proud of who you are and how "large" you may be! I'm comfortable saying I'm nearly 270lbs and I'm fuckin proud. You should be too!


I FEEL THE SAME WAY I WANNA LOSE WEIGHT BUT I DONT WANNA EAT RABBIT FOOD


Isn't it weird that we don't mind the size of other people but are crazily critical of ourself???Great video, means and helps a lot to many of us,Thank you❤


I will never feel okay, until then. I will just sit and eat ice cream all day.


Oh Dodie!!! <b>hug</b> I literally shed a tear!!! A MANLY tear! not a sissy one! ... ahem... lol

Oh Dodie!!! *hug* I literally shed a tear!!! A MANLY tear! not a sissy one! ... ahem... lol


Let me tell you that i gave up dairy and i'm still fat


love your British accent , wish i had one


I am a size 0, and even if you're this small society has trained you to hate your body no matter what and we can all try to take a stand. It's starts with 5 simple words, "My body is okay."


Ugh this is, like, three years old and I've only just seen this. I'm currently attempting to lose weight and honestly it's so hard. Food is so good. I've been ill, as well, so I wasn't able to swim for around three weeks in a row. I work in a supermarket so chocolate/crisps/junk food is RIGHT THERE and so easily accessible without my parents having to know I binged that day.
I've had days where I've purged. I'm not bulimic - I don't do it often enough - but there's a couple of times a month where I just can't help myself. Those days I come home after throwing up from work? I had a packet of crisps on my break and felt guilty. The reason I where long sleeves? Sure, it's cold outside, but the cuts are the main reason I hide my arms. I'm constantly tired and always depressed due to the things that I'm eating and all the new stress of working a new job and trying to get a second one while I try and convince my own fat ass to go out for a run.
I swim once a week, wanna bump it to twice, see how it goes I suppose.

I'm sorry for rambling but Dodie's videos are some of the only places I can sort of chill, relax and talk about this kind of thing without fear of judgement.


I know this feeling a bit too well...
And the worst part of all.
I really do try to lose weight but when i do i only seem to gain weight... Not lose it...
I makes me feel so powerless about what's going on with my own body >.<...


Actually this past week I have cried over my appearance. I hate my body and I'm going to do something about it. I'm sick of people telling me that I don't need to lose weight when they're probably telling the truth but I don't feel comfortable within my body. I'm not the smallest of people and being 5 foot 10 doesn't help me not wanting to not stand out from the crowd. I feel all blubbery and yucky but I know in a few months I will feel comfortable hopefully with just watching what I eat.


<3 I... I wish I could brush it off as easy as that and have a bowl of ice cream. But, someone I know doesn't let me.


My parents don't know I don't eat a lot, my parents don't know I weigh myself every time I go to the bathroom. My parents don't know that I'm pansexual. My parents don't know that I'd be better off dead. So many other people don't know others secrets.


How did I only find this now ? This is great !


The human race is never truly satisfied. In a way it's a good thing because then we wouldn't have hopes and dreams that make us feel satisfied but that can also mean that we aren't satisfied with our body, personalities or ourselves to some extent of not fitting a mould that is created by the media. Which is weird when you think about it.


i am 14 years old and over 90 kg. ive always been fat, i look at pictures of me when i was younger and i have just always been too big.


This is completely and utterly perfect.
So many people, who should never have to, relate to this in so many ways.
For years and years i have felt like this, felt insecure because of ridiculous beauty standards. But, you Dodie Clark have helped me in so many ways to make me understand that what i look like doesn't matter, but it's how i feel about myself and how the people that really care feel about me. People who mind don't care, people who care don't mind.
Thank you so much Doddleoddle. you are perfect.


MY TWO FAVOURITE THINGS SPOKEN WORD AND DODIE


Im naturally skinny and i hate it. After watching this video I burst into tears. I thought this video was going to encourage naturally skinny girls to feel better about themselves. It's just made me feel lien times worse. I wish had a body with curves. Every time I try and put weight on its hard. I doesnt even seem like any change is happening. I guess I am who I am. That tall girl with stick thin legs and arms.


That ice cream at the end looked amazing, chef Dodie, what is in itttttt


this is so .... i dont know describe me so good


I'm feeling so many emotions right now. Can I go cry in a hole.


I know that you didnt mean it this way :') just wanted to share the other side


the fact that dodie is insecure about her weight hurts just a bit because i kNOW that its just her mind telling her these things because her body is perfect and i would dIE for a body like that. but when i watch this i can relate but that's because im actually fat, and it's not just me. and although it sounds INCREDIBLY selfish and wrong and gross, I'd much rather be one of those people who really have a perfect body and refuse to see it, than a person who actually has a body that gives them a reason to be insecure.. i know it paints me as a horrible person to say that,, sorry


even she us just saying out a poem it feels like she is singing a song 🌝


I wish I could write like you and nice accent XD


I am thin...extremely thin. People compare me to others. That's all they ever do. Society doesn't stop.

"Put on a little weight."
She's told.
Hasn't this sentence gotten a bit old?
Finally a few pounds.
"You're so fat!"
She's told.
All people care about, is how another person looks.
Your thoughts, they shook.
"You're not going on the right lane,
Putting on/taking down weight because you're shamed for it isn't pain."
Out of their mouths, the words rain.
All they know is how to shame.
They're people with no feelings.
They want you to look like barbies,
They'll tell you that over and over again.
Even if you do the same.

-Ashriya J

This poem was written by me. Age almost 13. If you share this...please give credit. <3


I can relate to this. I'm so insecure. Why is society pressuring us to be approx. 2cm thick. WHY


I always think I’m too skinny. I’m just bones and a thin layer of skin. So I eat more and more but I still don’t have curves like other girls. I try to eat healthy so I don’t get over weight. But I’m almost underweight. I don’t know how to cope with it but, I try to think that someday I’ll look like other girls. I just want to be normal. I haven’t told anyone this so it feels kinda good to get this off my chest.


I got anxious when you ate that ice cream. 😂😭


If I'm skinny enough I just might fit those jean and maybe fit in to society too...


A guy in my class once told me that he'd rather be my size than be skinny because his parents make him eat more and he thinks that it would be easier if he was overweight.


BRAVO! BRAVO!! BRING IN THE OSCARS!!! Like, Emma Watson WHO??


I guess I would like to say I am a fan of all people. I am for good men and women of all types, shapes and sizes. Good people. I too struggled with weight concerns in my teens and twenties but ultimately accepted my body type. I am happy with mine now in my middle age. I found a man in my late 20's who likes girls with shapely butts and we are still together. I like food, I like exercise. They are not and never have been mutually exclusive. Moderation is the key. I have never felt anything but protective of the biologically skinny girls. I think of all young ones as my kiddos especially the girls and appreciate that they are at a different time in life than me and support their own future acceptance if they have not reached it.


as an anorexic.... this made me cry. fuck

Dan Gets Jealous Easy So I'm #2 Phil Trash


I think it's funny how how everyone thinks the if they're a size 0 they'll bee perfect, but in reality I'm a size 0 and I'm insecure about my self and I'm the farthest thing from perfect. Just because you're a size 0 doesn't mean you'll be happy if you don't love yourself.


You are beautiful, do not let societies drivel over come you.


Tears, where did you come from? You were not expected.


You are so beauty I wish I looked like you. 😔


When you're struggling with bulimia and you come across this video.....


Leggings actually make my thighs look skinnier even tho they aren't


As an extremely skinny girl myself, it sucks! I want a muffin top! I want to be cute and tubby! No matter how much I eat I'm still paper thin! I hate it! I hate the face that my collar bone could cut diamonds and my thigh gap is like the Grand Canyon! Being skinny is nothing to brag about

muffin topping isn’t healthy. it equates with excess weight that can prohibit healthy bodily functions

Tanzy Tess I’m usually average but I’m also 5,2 so I get pudgy easily and it looks like I’ve gained 10 pounds when in reality it’s only 2 or 3  being pudgy I loose my shape, being pudgy I loose my curves, I gain new curves... but in the wrong place. Being pudgy isn’t something I’d brag about either


Does anyone know what the line "I'll pull up my tights and wear baggy tops" meant? (As in within reference to be being fat)

So I'm guessing you mean tights roll off your stomach usually if you're fat, or is it just all the time/all people?

Baggy tops, aka, shirts if you don't know what tops are. They're to hide the 'fat', and pulling up tights, because they seem to always fall down from over your stomach


I'm on rock5chalks side, though I wouldn't really use "over eating slobs" but he/she's really making a point. Being fat is starting to get accepted more in society and everyone has come up with many comebacks if someone makes fun of you for being fat or whatever. Being really SKINNY is being more made fun of, none should be made fun. I don't think she's FULL out encouraging obeseity (or however you spell it I don't care) but I can see some hints that show that she's saying you don't have to do anything about your weight which is A REALLY BAD MESSAGE!!! People can die of anorexia, and people die of obeseity... I'm just saying I notice she's encouraging not to do anything about your weight and to just keep doing what you are doing rather than encouraging obeseity just like that.


This was really good but it made me very sad for some reason :c


I used to think this way but i don't anymore. Now that i think about it i am quite proud of it haha. I think the main reason i stoped thinking that way is becouse i realised how dangerous it is to think that way. Of course just knowing it is really dangerous to think like that doesn't make you suddenly think you are beautiful but there are a few things that have helpt me: one is that you know how so many people have getting slimer or fitter or something like that like a new tears resolution? Well instead i had being content with my body. Another thing that might work is being occupied with thing you like to do. I found that when i traveled to se my dad i didn't think about the way i looked until i came back and i think that was becouse we where always doing things we al liked so i always had my mind on other things. And one more thing remember that helth should come before everything. Or at least that is what my mom sais haha, but i think it right.


OMG I just realized this was the very first Dodie video


I love how people perceive skinny girls as wanting to be skinny. I’m 14 and weigh 75lbs. I’ve always struggled to gain weight. I eat regularly but it’s hard for me to gain pounds. I would love to be able to wear women’s leggings and fit clothes that are cute. Being skinny isn’t always a blessing. Now the body fad has changed to something I can not achieve. Having big butts and curves is what everyone desires but I’ll never get that. People thinks it’s ok to nag skinny girls about their weight. Pointing out the pointy elbows and thin legs, some even get called a twig. Some people brush it off and others take it to heart. So let me ask you one question, is skinny shaming OK when fat shaming is NOT?

I’m 13, 75 lbs, and skinny shaming does indeed exist and it’s not okay. However, it is a lot less prevalent than fat shaming. You can’t even pretend that skinny shaming happens as often.


I can't wear leggings. My thighs look like two mating whales. It's so true it hurts.


Who the hell thinks this not a good video? WTH people it's not all about looks.


Well Dodie... I am 14 and so self conscious because i`m skinny! i cant wear baggy t-shirts i fit into no jeans i have the longest neck on the planet and an extremely flat stomach! im also a boy so that dos`nt help bc i have no obvious muscle. also i am a pig at eating and i just loose it so fast. i eat SO MUCH AND THEN EAT MORE idu my body but love it all the same... i think...

everyone has different speeds of metabolisms.  in you're case, you're metabolism is really fast and burns all the calories of everything you eat.  some people have slow metabolisms, so even if they don't eat much, they still can be overweight.  everyone is different, and we can't control what kind of body we have.  it's important not to spend too much time hating your body, especially when you can't control what it looks like.  loving yourself is important :)


I'm naturally skinny but I get a load of comments about it. They say where does all that fat go and I feel like saying I don't know and I don't care where it goes because I'm happy. To everyone out there weight is only a number in my eyes


honestly I can't understand why people would want a small body like mine. I absolutely hate it. I get teased for having tiny wrists and my stomach isn't big enough to eat more than 2 slices of pizza. I have itty bitty ankles that go along with my, as multiple people have stated, 'chicken legs.' unlike others I wish my body was larger


I have friends who make fun of me playfully about being a little tubby and I laugh but inside I actually feel kind of shit. Mum tells me I need to get fit and my brother teases me saying I'm fat. it just pisses me off, that I don't feel comfortable going out in public in case you can see my fat through my shirt. I guess I'll have to live with it. Ooh look, some ice-cream.


I always feel like I've got thunder thighs but I know skinny is bad because I know a lot of skinny people and it's not pleasant looking at baggy tights(if you know what I mean)


I watched this after I just ate a tub of marshmallows : 3


I am skinny. I don't do anything to be skinny... I just am. It's no picnic, though. People tell me I need to eat more, they assume I am unhealthy, and some are so jealous that they can't say anything nice to me. I'm just petite. My bones are thin. I can't help that. I know that there is fat shaming and bullying, but can we take a second to realize that skinny people don't get as much positivity as people think? According to society, you are either too fat or too skinny. You're never perfect. But isn't that what being human is? Being different. Not fitting every norm. <br>So yeah. Just be happy with you. Your flaws are only flaws if you decide they are. So embrace who you are. It's okay to love yourself.

I am skinny. I don't do anything to be skinny... I just am. It's no picnic, though. People tell me I need to eat more, they assume I am unhealthy, and some are so jealous that they can't say anything nice to me. I'm just petite. My bones are thin. I can't help that. I know that there is fat shaming and bullying, but can we take a second to realize that skinny people don't get as much positivity as people think? According to society, you are either too fat or too skinny. You're never perfect. But isn't that what being human is? Being different. Not fitting every norm.
So yeah. Just be happy with you. Your flaws are only flaws if you decide they are. So embrace who you are. It's okay to love yourself.

Ellie S  I get that alot as well. nevermind being called anorexic a few times.


Why does she remind me so much of Anne frank? Doesn't matter I love both of them


as a person that has not eaten for a long period of time before, skinny isn't worth it. it's not. you need to eat, none of you lovely people ever forget that. "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!" That's bs. I'm a bit cubbier now and my thighs are huge, but does it matter? no. we're all beautiful. I know it takes a long time to accept yourself, but being a bit bigger is okay. trust me. stay safe friends ❤


people are being really mean to tomska on his channel about him maybe gaining a few pounds and i think they should all watch this great video


I get called a walking stick and a bag of bones. Thanks. I want to be different now.


I've had anorexia for about four years and i relate to this.  Now i am better. And i'm quite lucky that i got better.


"I don't wear leggings... They show my big thighs"


IM TUBBY AND PROUD

I say that, it's a lie, I've just learned not to care, I differ in personality so I can differ in my weight area, a small amount of people will like me, fat or thin, but the media lies. When everyone in the world is skinny and frail the media will change, showing women with jelly in their belly, blubber all around, if that was the case everyone would be round. :)


Very relatable, unfortunately. Great poem though :)


I wear a size 00-1 and I'm still insecure about my body


Though we all feel insecure
Wouldn't it be nice to be sure
That we are healthy and happy
But all I feel is flappy
A person who is 6,5 in feet
A person who cares about what she eat
But in the end it's all said in done
In the end I'm still to big in the bum
Boys look for girls with big chest
So does that make me just a pest?
A girl you will only think as a friend
Someone who is just there till the end
But no,
No more
I can be who I want and feel the adore
The crowd may not cheer my name
But in the end there is no one to blame
I'm just the girl I don't care about fame
Just a girl who likes to feel lame
So judge all you want see if I care
I won't eat salad, I won't even darw


I don't want curves or boobs or anything I'd like to be skinny and I honestly don't care about how many "skinny" girls want that, not in a rude way just everyone around me is skinny


...that's why one day a week should be an eat anything day...just eat responsibly during the week, and on one day a week eat what you want...that way you don't break down and like eat a couple pizzas, cakes, a couple cases of beer, and maybe purge them...you know you have an eat anything day coming up...and you can shoot for a better long term realistic goal....great vid....


First line I cried I relate so much to that I wore cut baggy jumpsuit today everyone said I either looked fat or like a genie. I can't even where anything anymore, I just sit in a bra and shorts that I've never worn in public, because I'm to afraid to show the scars on my leg, the blonde hairs on my fat legs because my mum won't let me shave. I cry when I look on the mirror, because I don't see a girl, I don't see a boy. All I see is someone crying at the sight of themselves, I can't even take compliments if u say I'm pretty I will disagree and get angry because I know they are lying.  I look at my friends they look amazing all the curves in the right places and as thin as paper, no wonder I'm vegan because if I eat sugar I gain weight where my friends can eat anything and never gain weight. No wonder I carry a calculator everywhere just to check the calories, no wonder I have a permanent stop watch in my brain do I know how to exercise. No wonder why I where layers of makeup to hide my true self. No wonder I feel as if I'm behind bars, bars of my mind and the expectation of humanity. I don't remember the last time I was myself, maybe I've never been myself. Maybe I'm nothing but the pain and tears of people who hate their body inside and out.

Anna Fox Thank you for your positive words, thank you for beong alive. Your life is truly something,  stay strong and happy.

Masked Angel good luck, I promise you'll do even better than you have. Thank you!!

Anna Fox Thank you so much, that made me cry. No one says anything like that to me, I've come to realise over the last few days that I should get help. I've realised that having 300 calories a day compared to the 2,000 you're meant to have is a bad thing. That starving yourself so much you can't leave bed because you are so depressed and weak. I've started an online self help thing, it seems to work. Yes I may be skipping meals still,but I'm getting better. I haven't worn makeup for a few days now, I feel better about that. But I still can't go outside, I still can't go in public, I still can't wear my clothes. I still cover my wrists and ankles, to make me look sane. Thank you for your kind words, they made me smile and cry. You're beautiful to inside and out, I can see your heart is good and pure. You are beautiful to, and strong, so very strong, I look up to your strength. Thank you once again.

you are beautiful <3 it doesn't matter what others say, they're just covering up their own insecurities. you can do anything, don't let anybody tell you otherwise. you can listen to what i say, or don't, but i just want you to know it gets better. i was like that. i was depressed, i felt numb all the time. i completely relate. i had suicidal thoughts and feelings. but i was able to get help and cut the toxic people out of my life (and by the way, if your "friends" said that you looked fat or like a genie, they're not real friends. also genies are awesome). i can now allow myself to look at my rolls as beautiful and sexy, and see that i'm not just my body. you are the same. you aren't just the way your body look.  you are your smile, your eyes, your passion, your sense of humour. you are beautiful. please understand what i'm saying. i hope that you take positive messages from this and please take care of yourself <3


We r like all the other animals, some of them r big, some of them r small. I dont like to use the words "fat" or "skinny" because some people feel bad when they are "skinny," and some when they r "fat." Well, what Im trying to say is that nothing is wrong, and nothing is right about how u look. And it doesnt matter if you not are outside often or active with your body. Because it's not wrong to eat ice cream instead of an apple. Some people say to others that if u want to be skynnier, u have to do this or that. NO. They can be however they want to be. I-ve seen big and small humans. All of them are bueutiful in theyre own way. You can say: I want to be SKYNNIER or FATTER. That doesnt say how u look. My weight is like 50, and am 12. Thats not wrong. And if u r at my age and weight 30. I dont give a fuck. Its just what they/you weight. Not what u have to weight. Well, as I already said, it doesnt matter how big or small you are, it does just matter that u like what u r doing. If u dont like that ur forexample is sitting in the sofa 4 houre everyday, try do do another thing. Just do what u want to do. Dont try to to what everyone else do, try to do what YOU want to do!

(Sorry if my english is bad, Im norwegian and Im 12 like I said earlier, but that doesnt matter at all, because Im me, not you.)


I have cut back on eating a lot. And I'm still not getting any skinnier.


This is very good, I hope you don't feel 'fat' though because you're not at all! I think it's really sad that people get so down about how they look body shape/size wise. I feel like a lot of people look at someone like Jennifer Lawrence (I love her by the way no hate i promise!) and think 'oooh yay she loves food, love your body!' But only because she has an AMAZING figure, if it we're someone a lot bigger saying "oh yeah i love pizza give me more" the same people who praise JL are suddenly all "oh thats SO unhealthy how DARE they project such an irresponsible view". I saw someone tweet "I really hate fat people" and it made me so mad - Its like saying you hate someone because they have anorexia, obesity can also stem from a food disorder. Over eating due to mental issues is so common, just like anorexia but people cherish and shower anorexia sufferers with love and support (just as they should!) but laugh at larger people and take pictures of them to share with their friends, like they're not real people at all. It's just so sad - to hate someone purely based on their weight just seems totally absurd, but sadly that's the case for so many people. It's such a shame that those who are larger feel too embarrassed to do certain things or even just go out in public in fear that there'll be those people who point and stare or even think they have the right to voice their opinion "oh thats so unhealthy, think of what its doing to their body" well drinking alcohol and smoking is also bad for you, but why is that seen as 'cool'? Sorry I've gone on a bit of a tangent.....love you Dodie! xx


I've felt bad for ages, but it's not all about weight or how you see yourself. Mine is mainly about scars and the left overs from things I thought were a good idea or that'd help, but did the complete opposite. I know I should be happy that I am not hugely dragged around by my body weight or how big I am, but it's my looks. I hate my nose, huge chin, stomach (not the size), scraped up legs and my tiny crooked eyes. I love you Dodie. Yes, this is a very old video, but it still makes me feel so much better (along with one of your newer videos on Doddlevloggle called FLAWS. You have made me feel so much better even though you tell me how you feel, not what you do to cope. You telling US about how you feel makes us feel better because it tells us that we're not alone. Yes, I understand that many people around us feel like us, but they're normal. You, not saying you're a huge celeb and are better or that you think that way, but having someone of more popularity or fame than us having the same insecurities helps, it really does. I don't even know if you'll see this comment that I have been typing for the past few minutes, but it has helped just typing it. You have helped. I just want to tell you: thank you. No, I am not saying that I am confident about my size because I am not at all, but you have made my mind a little healthier with that side of my insecurities. I hope I can make a video response someday telling you how thankful I am of you. I love you so much and I hope you know lots more do. I don't check my channel too often, but my Twitter is @dodieswhiskers. I love you, thanks for being my extra big sister, along with Hedy<3.


My most favourite rugby quote ever : I look at people with skinny necks and think life has failed you :L


Could I perform this at my assembly?i will credit you


To hell with societal expectations. Be yourself, and screw everyone else (:


how to be skinny:
realized, your covered in skin
tadaa


She is litterally Emilia Clarke from me before you


I bet the whole time she was thinking "my ice cream is melting my ice cream is melting" haha


Those are the thoughts that I have constantly.


For anyone who is insecure about their bodies, take it from me. When I was five, I was a twig, I ate whatever I wanted, and ran everywhere, practically bouncing off the walls. When I was seven, I started to get a belly, but I hadn't noticed it much, yet. When I was eight, I was no longer home schooled, and so I went to school and would get made fun of for being chubby, that my belly was bigger than my chest. When I was twelve, I tried dieting, it didn't work. When I was thirteen, I didn't care how I felt, I wanted to be skinny. I wanted to be attractive, so I didn't eat. But I couldn't make it obvious, could I? So I ate in front of my parents, then i went to the bathroom and threw it up. I was finally skinny, but I didn't know that. I could still grab at the slight chub left on my stomach, would punch my big thighs, hoping, praying they would get tiny. I wanted a gap. I wanted my calves to be the size of my ankles, and my arms to be the size of my wrists, little did I know they were almost there. When I was fourteen, I got into high school, and I started band camp, I didn't eat breakfast, and didn't want to drink too much water because my stomach would expand, as anything does if you put anything in it, so I had heatstrokes. At lunch, I'd make the excuse that I would eat when I got home, I wasn't hungry. At home, I'd say I ate at band camp, I wasn't that hungry. I'd eat a little popcorn, throw it up. At parties, i still said I wasn't hungry, one of my friends had to force me to eat a slice of pizza one time because he could tell. He could tell I was hungry. He could hear it in my voice, see it on my face, but no one else could. When I was around fifteen, I became vegan, not for animals, or the environment, so that I would be skinny. I didn't feed myself enough, so I would black out, get lightheaded, one time I fell over onto the floor in the band room because all I ate for breakfast was a few grapes, and the night before, a small salad with nothing else in it. Now, I'm going to be sixteen in about a month, and I've learned to love my body. I'm healthy, and I know that it is physically impossible for me to have a thigh gap due to my bone structure, and the fact that our family naturally has a lot of muscle in their thighs and calves. But still, the point of this was not just to talk. The point is that I want you to know that none of that got me anywhere. All it did was mess with my metabolism, and my self esteem. Do I still wake up, and wish I was skinner? Sometimes, yes. But should I starve myself to get there? No. No matter what stage of it you're in, please eat, please don't throw it up, please be healthy. Not for me, for yourself. Strive for what you want, and trust me, healthy you will look so much better than hungry you. Go for a run, swim, jump rope, lay in your bed and do work outs, have a balance, eat chips, and salad, but please be healthy. Not for me, not for society, for you. I love you, if anyone needs to talk about anything, I'm here. If you want to message me, my Instagram is @napsboi, you can message me anytime, and we can talk about whatever you want, or need to. But please, I love you, and you should, too.


i feel so fat all the time, i keep putting my prom dress on for June and i cry every time, i feel like a whale, i dont know what to do, i want to starve but i love food and hate exercise, its so unbelievably hard.


Well, MY MUM'S COMPLAINING ABOUT ME BEING SKINNY AND STUFFING ME WITH STUFF. I DONOT LIKE IT!!!

You're mum is not being very considerate. If you're skinny, embrace it. You're body is beautiful and don't let your mum make you think otherwise.


I know people say you're perfect like you are, But I want to loose some weight so I can be be happier with myself. Since I recovered from anorexia 2 years ago it's gotten worse and I'm so unhappy with my body I hate it


You sound like moaning murdle from Harry Potter! Great poem tho :)


"nothing tastes better than skinny feels


I'm torn between wanting to be thin, or having feminine curves.. Sadly I can't seem to have a flat stomach and boobs or hips, but  I never get anywhere because one day I'll decide to lose weight and the next I want to gain it.


Personally i absolutely hate my body. And the kids at school let me know about it. I'm big and round in all the wrong ways. I think i'm lovely on the inside but of course, You can't see the inside at first glance. Can you?


You have a skinny body and people just assume you're dieting. You tell them you're not hungry, and they think you never are. You eat a little too much and they think you're binging, or that it's because you haven't eaten in days. You skip breakfast in the morning cuz you're running late, and they think you do it deliberately. You run to the bathroom after your meals and they think you're puking it all out. You talk about thirst, but hunger not so much, and they figure it's because you're trying not to pass out. You clutch your stomach, hold your head, wear a frown on your face- and they tell you that you look tired and dead. You wear layers to avoid them calling you skinny, or just cuz you're cold, they tell you it's because even you're beginning to realise your fragility. You may be healthy, you may just be stressed. Not everyone gets it: It's not easy on either side.


I'm trying to get thick so bad. But it's so hard, I don't want to be skinny I want to be thick cos thats what boys find attractive


I am unhealthily skinny. People constantly make jokes about my weight and say they want my figure so I smile and laugh it off because god forbid a skinny girl doesn't want to look like a skeleton. I live in constant fear of being picked up because I am light enough for nearly anyone to do so. People try and force me to eat more food, thinking I have an eating disorder or that I want to be so skinny you can see my bones. I hate being so skinny and just hope that I don't feel too anxious or depressed and lose my appetite. If I lose weight I'll become dangerously skinny. Every part of me is paper thin except for my stomach, which leads to self esteem issues when my insecurities are shoved away and buried. Because of my height, everything I wear is baggy and I hate it. No matter how much I eat, how little exercise, it never goes to the rest of my body except my stomach. All the recent body shape praise has gone to those seen as 'overweight' and that anyone fitting that category deserves to love their body but that doesn't mean people like me shouldn't be able to express their own insecurites.


I'm 145lbs, average height for my age and I still look chubby because my body is like "lol guess what binch" /: I'm fine with it though


Why someone else's looks matter to others so much? why? Yes, I gain weight and lose weight all the time, why do you make me feel like losing the weight is the best thing that can happen to me or I should feel sad by gaining some? Why can't I just enjoy and love myself the way I am?! Why not?!


Just a question, are you in anyway related to Dan Howell? You two look very similar to me.


Boi ur one of the prettiest person I've ever met.


Having a fast metabolism is the best, you can eat whatever you want and not gain any weight


I'm skinny, and I hate this word and I hate being skinny and for me I can't put on weight which I hate, seeing all my bones on show isn't very attractive, so being skinny really isn't what you think it is, and I'm sure other people will tell you the same! I'd rather have curves than my Bo'ness n show!

I'm also skinny, but I'm also short and curve-less. It's basically impossible to be tall, skinny, and curvy.


I'm only just seeing this now but I have watched it over 10 times.  I hate the way I look. My friends like fashion so when we go out they look at clothes and so do I. I'll say I like something and they will tell me to try it on and buy it. I never do. I will like it but it would look horrible on me. I've recently stated to feel happy again since I have been feeling really depressed and I also stopped self harming. I'm glad that's over but I still feel really upset about how I look. I wear oversized jumpers in Summer as well as winter. I'm never really hungry and I don't eat Breakfast in the morning cause I'm not hungry. I'm usually not hungry at lunch either. I do eat lunch but it's rare for me to eat breakfast. I don't have an eating disorder in just not hungry. I don't sleep much either. Usually fall asleep at 3-4am. It's not good. I guess I could possibly have a sleeping disorder. I did go to sleep at 2 last night which is better.

It will get better though. It always  does


My friend has the most perfect body! She is very skinny... that's the body I want! But she says she wants my body, because she wants to be curvy! I wish we could switch bodies!!

hi i'm ellie wow. ok... I have huge shoulders that make little tops  look bad on me.

Hannah Kittelson everyone wants what they don't have 😕 i have bony shoulders and you can slightly see my ribs but i'm not anorexic i eat a lot in fact right now i'm eating a chocolate ice pop


Union of Earth Soviet Socialist Republics


When you said fairy it reminded me of peter pan..


sure... but u can be healthy and eat dilicious food still. And if u give up dairy you'll feel better after a while and if that's not enough motivation maybe knowing that you are helping suffering creatures is. :)


i really like your name and the way you look :)


hhuumm... @doddleoddle do not worry, you are prefect. So much so I must admit I only came across you yesterday and in the words of someone I now look up to, I'm absolutely smitten.


i’m skinny (60 lbs underweight) and all people do is bully me.


Do you have body dysmorphia because your one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen .......


i can't stand my body i can't bring my self to look at it because i feel like i look gross, and i just can't seem to loose weight and thats really upsetting.


I luv this vid but I'm quite a 'skinny' person and its because I have a fast metabolism <del>this makes you digest quicker</del> lots of people say I'm luckly as I can eat wat ever I want. But I just hate it how people just judge people like people assume I eat the minum and that I'm healthy . I think lots of people judge and also I think society can be quite strange as its Not alright to call someone 'fat' but its OK to call someone 'skin and bones' or 'skinny' , I know some people think wats wrong with the word skinny but it can affect people as much as the term fat xx sorry for the rant ilysm xx

I luv this vid but I'm quite a 'skinny' person and its because I have a fast metabolism -this makes you digest quicker- lots of people say I'm luckly as I can eat wat ever I want. But I just hate it how people just judge people like people assume I eat the minum and that I'm healthy . I think lots of people judge and also I think society can be quite strange as its Not alright to call someone 'fat' but its OK to call someone 'skin and bones' or 'skinny' , I know some people think wats wrong with the word skinny but it can affect people as much as the term fat xx sorry for the rant ilysm xx


I could do with loosing weight. People say "You'r not fat!" And stuff..they only say that cause I "breath in" all the time.


The greasy fry
 It cannot lie
 Its truth is written
 On your thighs.


The thing is, even if you're skinny, people still put you down. Calling you skin and bones, and even if it's natural, for you to be skinny, people are still so mean. This goes both ways, smaller and bigger.


По моему гениально

По моему гениально


the fact that i was eating ice cream and watching this..


everyone should just except their bodies. if you can change your appearance( naturally) then do so. if it's permanent them embrace it. ignore those who's opinions hurt. it's your body it's all about what you think. don't make yourself acceptable to others. happy is healthy. so stay healthy.