Do you have sympathy for the over weight?

Question

So, shallow Hal is on right now, and I've seen it before. I've seen the shows were they do documentaries and someone puts on a fat suit. I've been over weight before.

And really, it makes extremely sad when someone makes fun of someone else because of their weight.

I don't know, when I think about this, it really makes me sad inside. :(

what do you think?

Answer 1

yeah i got sympathy. i used to be chubb everyone treated me like c**p. now i am tiny and pretty and i get treated way nicer. on the other hand i do know its possible to lose the weight so i think people should cos i don't know about the others but when i was chubb i was obsessed with my weight and how to lose it and i was really miserable. i totally hate those movies like shallow Hal. its so mean and horrible laughing at fat people.

Answer 2

I don't think I have sympathy for them.

I like to treat everyone as an equal person.

I'm not going to feel bad for someone just because of how they look.

I DO think that everyone deserves to be treated with respect, though.

So I just treat everyone the same.

It's not like I'm perfect, why pick out other people's flaws?

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Answer 3

I don't make fun of those people.. they have a right to be treated with dignity.. and respect same as everybody else but I also don't have sympathy for them. I accept them as they are.. If they are happy with their weight. who am I to judge them but to feel sorry for them.. no, unless they feel desperately unhappy and put on the weight through a thyroid problem or some such reason then it's not their choice.. otherwise if they want to lose the weight they have to exercise and eat a healthier diet..  I respect them as they are and don't judge them but I don't have sympathy with them that would mean I feel sorry for them.  

Answer 4

Yes, I do have tremendous sympathy for them for one specific reason - thier health. It's not a healthy lifestyle and overweight people are looking at an early grave if they don't change thier lifestyle. It makes me sad because I want people to live happier and healthier. Now, not all overweights are depressed, but some wish they were in better shape.

I pray for these people to change thier lifestyles before they become gravely ill.

Answer 5

I do. Just because I understand that it is not easy to lose weight, or deal with the pressure of being a 'work in progress'. God, I hate that feeling. And because sometimes, it's impossible to lose weight. Sometimes, you yourself didn't even cause the weight, an illness did! I think people are just so..irritating. Gosh. They see an overweight person, and they picture all the wrong things. Like in Wall-E. It's irritating. I know some overweight people who diet, exercise, and are extremely active, rarely watching TV or drinking soda or eating out, and to me, it's just terribly shallow to label ALL overweight people into one label.

Answer 6

An addiction to food is worse than addiction to drugs or alcohol.

A person can live without drugs or alcohol, but needs to eat everyday!  

Answer 7

Yes I do have a lot of sympathy for people who are overweight.  A lot of the time people can be really cruel to people who are overweight.  People assume that just because a person is big, that they have no self-control and that they are disgusting pigs.

There are two reasons why I sympathize and do not hate on them:

1.) Sometimes there are people who are like that naturally.  It doesn't matter whether or not they have small appetites or eat healthy or exercise regularly, they are still on the large side by nature.  I know a girl who is very large and in reality she eats much less than I do and is quite active.  Even so, she remains the same size and despite the fact that she is a wonderful person with an amazing sense of humor people don't even try to see that.  They immediatly assume that she just eats all of the time and that she is completely unhealthy towards herself.  Some people can't help the way they are and we shouldn't punish or cause them any humilation for being the way they naturally are.  People need to be careful when it comes to this, not every single person in the earth is a carbon copy of everyone else.  People are different sizes, but it seems as if the world think that everyone should be exactly the same when that is not possible.  As a matter of fact, it is dangerous to people's health.  People need to realize that being healthy is not always a slim body, some people tend to be bigger and others smaller by nature, but by no means does that make them unhealthy.

2.) I understand that some people are overweight because they do tend to overindulge when it comes to food.  But in reality, this is another reason why we should sympathize with people like that.  In reality, we all cope in different ways.  We figure out ways that are convenient for us and we deal with situations in our lives in ways that we discover. Some people find healthy ways to vent, but a lot of people don't.  Some people cut, some get into fights, and a large amount of people take out their frustration in food.  People starve themselves, binge, force themselves to vomit, conduct food rituals, and some eat all the time.  I guess when life becomes to much for us, food and our bodies can become a sort of escape.  It comforts us and it gives us a feeling of being full and satisfied and content, feelings that we never seem to get anywhere else in life.

The thing is where some people can keep their ways of dealing with life in the closet, overweight people can't.  When they eat a lot it ends up showing and it only makes it all worse because of the ridicule that follows.  This only makes the situation worse, because after all of that badgering and pain and insults, I mean, do people honestly think that their negative insults are going to have a wondrous affect on the victim? It will only make the person feel worse and go back to their old ways, their safe havens, their comforts.

I sympathize with overweight people because in the end they are just like the rest of the world.  They are in pain and they feel unsatisfied.  The only difference is that their habit shows and for that they are ridiculed.  They are like a punching back that the rest of the world takes their own shame out on.  It also makes me terribly sad, nobody deserves to hurt like that.  And people, for some reason, can never build each other up.  Instead they build their own confidence by bringing others down. So keep your chin up dude (or girl) and everyone else out there too.  In the end everyone has their own baggage and skeletons.  When someone makes fun of you, just remember that we're all the same, there's no difference between you and your tormentor.  In reality, they are being hypocrites.  They are pointing out your flaws and your coping of them while they hide their own behind their back.  Things are never the way they seem, and I pity the tormentors because they don't realize how stupid and hypocritical they  are truly being.  I hope that I helped and may you receive other wonderful answers from other people!

Answer 8

I have been overweight my whole life, so yes I do have sympathy.  I am not grossly overweight, 20-30 lbs it looks like, but very few people realize I actually weigh 215.  On my 5'7 large boned frame it's not so bad, but in my family I am skinny.  Most of my relatives are well over the 300 mark, I feel bad for them because for the most part it is about food addiction and eating for comfort (I'm guilty too).  My husband is quite large as well, 5'10 and 270, but he makes fun of fat people, I tell him he's a hypocrite.  He feels like he can because he is.  I have decided it is okay to be a big girl but I am careful to not let it get out of control, if I start getting over 225 I back off the ice cream and watch what I'm eating more carefully.  

Answer 9

I don't feel sympathy for over-weight people. I treat them equally as I treat everyone else. I believe people want to be treated NORMAL not sympathy or pity.

My good friend is slightly chubby and she's a really bubbly and funny person. We joke and laugh and I don't treat her any differently just because she has weight issue.

Everyone has personal issues to deal with irregardles if they're skinny or over-weight..  

Answer 10

being overweight should not be tolerated in society. its like smoking, a person is addicted to a substance (in this case food) and its causing ill effects. its not alright to make fun of fat people though. society should look at obesity as an addiction or an illness that needs to be cured.

Answer 11

Not in general, but I feel bad for those who are treated unfairly or are in such bad condition that they can't move independently or are in grave danger health wise.

P.S- "Shallow Hal" is an awesome movie.  I always tear up at the end.

EDIT: I don't find too many things more manly than a man who allows himself to cry.  Anger is not the only emotion that you should allow yourself to show.  Stopping yourself from crying because you're worried about how it will look shows a lack of confidence, in my opinion.

Answer 12

I do feel more sympathy for fat people idk why its just i feel bad for them prolly because some where in my brain its telling me they prolly have be made fun of so i do feel sad/bad

Answer 13

Yes,  I do have sympathy for obese people.

Most are not that way due to gluttony as many believe.

Some obesity is from thyroid disease,  and other glandular problems.

Some overweight people only eat  one meal a day,  but are limited by a lack of motion perhaps due to arthritis or some other affliction.

However,  there are some people who overeat for the sheer joy of it.  And in my opinion,   they are just as sick as if they had a disease.

All people are due respect and compassion regardless of how they look.  We are all human beings and God loves us.

Thanks for the question,  and here's a star for you!

Answer 14

I feel sorry for overweight people who are overweight due to MEDICAL reasons. For people who are overwight just for the sake of it - no. I eat healthy and go to the gym regularly, so should they, otherwise they should stop complaining. They CHOOSE this lifestyle so they should bear the consquences of it!!!

Answer 15

To me, I think it all depends. If they are overweight because of a sickness, then yes I do. If they are putting effort into changing their lifestyle for the better, then yes. However there are people out there that 'endorse' the stereotype. The people who don't even make an effort to become healthy. To those, I have no sympathy for.