Hello my name is Nia Blasingame, I’m 14 years old and I’m entering my sophomore year, and this is my story.
From when I was a baby till about the 4th grade, I had been a relativity thin child; in fact people used to think my parents didn’t feed me because I was so thin. I have always been a shy and quite person so people used to bully me and take advantage of me, for the longest time. I tend to keep a good memory of every little detail. One of the worst ways I remember being bullied was when I was 2 and girls would spit dirt and water in my hair every day. This hurt my self-esteem, but I didn’t let it get the best of me. I’ve been bullied throughout middle school, and some parts of high school, which really messed with my self-esteem. My parents used to be horrible when it came to things I ate, so I gained weight rapidly over the years, but I played a lot of sports so I was able to keep my weight down. All that changed when I hit middle school.
From 5th-8th grade my life changed completely. I suffered a knee injury that knocked me out of sports, until I got it fixed in the summer of my 8th grade year. I had gained a lot of weight, suffered the typical teenage puberty and began to develop depression and a struggle with bulimia. People would bully me so much, that I would go home and cry. I started cutting in the 6th grade, but stopped because I didn’t want to be made fun of even more. I did many dumb things in order to try to fit in, which made me even more depressed. I had a few friends at my old school, but I hated everyone else. I switched schools hoping for a new start, but things took a turn for the worse. My depression and cutting was the worst it has ever been this year. I almost went insane. I almost ended up being put in a Psychiatric ward multiple times. But right now I’m seeing a psychologist once every two weeks and a psychiatrist once a month. Right now I’m struggling with my binging, purging and starvation habits that I used to do when I was younger, I hope that I can break the cycle and become much healthier.
This summer I decided that it was time to change my life and set it into a positive direction. That it was time to get back into shape and to get back into feeling happy and beautiful. And along the way discover who I truly am, not what people have made me up to be. My psychologist suggested that I start new hobbies. So I decided that all my new hobbies go into my weight loss and to making myself a beautiful new person. Even though there may be bumps in the road, I hope after this journey that I become the healthy, happy and beautiful girl that I have always wanted to be.
I hope my story inspires you! And that you lose weight as well!
