I know where you’re coming from. My doctor didn’t believe someone at 13 could be depressed. She put it down to my weight. I was already harming myself by that stage. But I’m her eyes. I wasn’t depressed
I’ve always been overweight. My first doctor would fat shame me at every visit. When I began to show signs of suffering with depression (a lot to do with my weight) I was told that a child (I was about 13) couldn’t suffer with depression and it was just anxiety due to my weight.
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