I recieved a free copy of the ebook Leave Me Alone to review.
This is a really interesting book, it is written by a psychologist who works with people who are morbidly obese. She tells the stories of some of her patients and their experiences as obese people from their perspectives. This book is an important read for anyone who loves an obese person because it will help you to better understand where they are coming from. It's a really engrossing read as well and draws you in. It's impossible not to feel for the people in this book, many of whom are being mistreated and even abused by their own family members because of their weight, a heartbreaking reality I know all too well. As a child, I was not overweight at all, but my mother often treated me as though I was. She constantly told me how fat and disgusting I was (among other insults she hurled at me) while remarking on how thin my sister was. When I got out of the army I began to gain weight and the criticisms only got worse, the rest of my family started joining in on the shaming and criticisms. It never helped, only made me hate myself, my life, and my family. I never had a psychologist to talk to, but reading the stories in this book makes me glad the author exists to help people, especially children and teens, who are dealing with these issues. This book is great and I recommend it to anyone who is overweight or has overweight relatives or friends. Actually, I think everyone should read it because it might help the fat shamers to understand that overweight and obese people are people too and they have wants, needs, and feelings just like everyone else.
This is a really interesting book, it is written by a psychologist who works with people who are morbidly obese. She tells the stories of some of her patients and their experiences as obese people from their perspectives. This book is an important read for anyone who loves an obese person because it will help you to better understand where they are coming from. It's a really engrossing read as well and draws you in. It's impossible not to feel for the people in this book, many of whom are being mistreated and even abused by their own family members because of their weight, a heartbreaking reality I know all too well. As a child, I was not overweight at all, but my mother often treated me as though I was. She constantly told me how fat and disgusting I was (among other insults she hurled at me) while remarking on how thin my sister was. When I got out of the army I began to gain weight and the criticisms only got worse, the rest of my family started joining in on the shaming and criticisms. It never helped, only made me hate myself, my life, and my family. I never had a psychologist to talk to, but reading the stories in this book makes me glad the author exists to help people, especially children and teens, who are dealing with these issues. This book is great and I recommend it to anyone who is overweight or has overweight relatives or friends. Actually, I think everyone should read it because it might help the fat shamers to understand that overweight and obese people are people too and they have wants, needs, and feelings just like everyone else.
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