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Originally Posted by Sar
Thank you. I am really thin like everybody makes comments about it but I am not sickly where doctors are worried about it. I have tried talking to them about it and they made suggestions about eating more calories and I really did try and tried those milkshakes with extra calories and adding peanut butter/icecream for more calories everyday but I just meant to be like this I guess but I just think I do have a problem because my insecurities are just so bad like even make it hard to have relationship.
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I understand that this may not seem so helpful to you, but please try to take comfort in the fact that the doctors are not worried. The recommendation to try to take in more calories is a valid one, but you seem to be one of those (lucky, many would say, especially in health terms) people with a very high metabolism. In that case, you may even eat a lot more than you normally do, but your body will find a way to eliminate the excess.
While this may not be comforting to you, in health terms this is actually considered a "good problem", being that your apparent risk for disturbances such as obesity (and associated ones, like high blood pressure, diabetes, etc) would be much lower than for most of the population. On the other hand, it's understandable that this goes against your desire to have a fuller body type.
Have you considered weight and strength training? Sometimes building muscle mass even slightly can make a significant difference in our overall body confidence and perception.
If I may make a suggestion, I would definitely recommend that you also seek therapy, especially since your perceptions are affecting your personal life and involvements. Therapy may help you greatly in coming to terms with your physique and also dealing with any associated anxiety or depression. Your perception of yourself is far more important than how others see and treat you--and I believe that therapy can help you with this.
Take care and best of luck!
