#so many of them are so fucking fatshamey like I’ve tried to adventure into them and they trigger me like nothing else
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My mom’s been hardcore into the like Alternative Medicine and those scary ‘food documentaries’ on Netflix and shit and it makes me DEEPLY UNCOMFORTABLE!!!
#so many of them are so fucking fatshamey like I’ve tried to adventure into them and they trigger me like nothing else#and it leads her to do dumb shit!#like she’s been getting these weird wild face rashes and when they first STARTED i was like mom are you putting anything new on your face#and she was like NOPE well now months later she was like oh yeah figured it out it was the essential oils i was putting on my face#like............... yeah i guessed that immediATELY there is so much like widely available info about DON’T PUT UNDILUTED OILS ON YA FACE!!!#and then she was talking about idk some podcast about#oh it was the dumbest shit it was one of those stupid like rich soulless man has health scarw and realizes NONE OF IT MEANS ANYTHING and#goes off to like be a nomad or whatever#ANYWAY apparently#he made the case that uh more people get sick now bc all of our electrical things are grounded and we wear shoes#and thus our bodies?? don’t properly discharge electricity??? or some complete nonsense#AND IT STRESSES ME THE HELL OUT!!!#especially because i just knOW if she ever got seriously sick she would look to this awful pseudoscience over actual medicine#like look my dude obviously diet and lifestyle and all that plays a role in health but you can’t cure arthritis by walking around barefoot#or cancer by doing shots of broccoli juice#ANYWAYS BACK TO MY#ORIGINAL POINT she’s never said anything directly but i’ve always felt the sideeye and like indirect comments about my weight and it’s alway#bothered me so much#and her obsession wjth that stuff is super microaggression-y and i hate it thats the summary version#LIKE I’VE BEEN HAVING SOME STOMACH ISSUES I STARTED SEEING A GASTRO and she keeps being like oh its probably gluten yoh should cut that out!#you should ELIMINATION DIET w me because IMFLAMMATORY FOODS!!!#and i just hate it! it’s my body i would know if it was just diet! i’m seeing a doctor! if i need to adjst or explore my#diet they’ll tell me!#until then leave me be!!!!!!!!#AND ITS LOWKEY EVEN WORSE BC I KNOW SHE’S NOT TRYING TO BE A DICK#BC SHE’S A GREAT MOM AND LOVES ME!!!#she’s just super fuckin gullible with this stuff and its So Much
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