Quote Originally Posted by Shelbay
Back where I come from Jonas Salk was a hero...these days its Hollywood and the physically beautiful so I guess it would be self doubt for children these days. When it comes to kids I am totally in the dark about their ways sometimes...is it really that difficult on children these days? What could make a man resort to inflicting pain on himself like this? And something else...as I am sure you are finding out...when you are physically attractive by societys standards..most of the time you are also more successful yes? Not saying its right but just truth?
I have a younger sister but she is starting to get past the age I'm talking about. I don't think kids have it any easier than adults in terms of problems and stresses. As we get older our world gets bigger and our problems become less juvenile but that doesn't make them any less taxing on the soul. I think an enormous amount of stress is placed on the American child to perform well because this is how we measure our kids in everything they do. Not to mention the countless individuals exposed to all kids of abuse, be it mental or physical. These scars eventually show.

People do treat me differently from when I was really overweight. People I don't know seek me out to include me in their conversations. Which I guess is a fancy way of saying, strangers might go out of their way to talk/joke/flirt with me now. I don't think all people have a fear of fat people or anything but I think it's probably just human nature. As for being more successful, again I think it's being able to form these initial connections with people quicker.