squidsqueen:

babyseraphim:

I always see people talking about how eating too little or forgetting to eat is a symptom of mental illness and therefore shouldn’t be judged, but I never see anyone say anything about how mental illnesses can drive people to overeat.

People with binge eating disorder exist.

People with ADHD who eat when they’re bored, and need something to do exist.

People with depression who comfort eat exist.

People with PTSD who overeat as a way to make themselves look unappealing, or as a way of comfort exist

People who overeat as a form of self harm exist.

We exist.

Because overeating and being fat is so harshly hated upon, no one wants to believe that fat people are struggling with mental illness; they just want to believe that fat people are lazy and refuse to change because they don’t want to.

We don’t owe you anything.

CPTSD from extreme poverty or abuse can also cause people to fixate on food and overeat out of obsession with having enough food and the fear of losing access to food.