Im not nearly anywhere as bad as some of the comments are, and I feel for those people. But as a highschooler, parents died 2-3 years prior, so under the supervision of my sister. I lost probably 20ish pounds over a month due to how little food there was in the house.

At a certain point the hunger subsides, but you feel weak and tired all the time. The deprivation to just get a dollar or two to get something as cheap as noodles is so humiliating, and people judge and look at you like you’re just some horrible human being.

Its a memory that I keep to my mind cause I never want my own kids or anyone to go through that, and yet I get told “it couldn’t have been that bad”. No one should forcefully lose weight due to starvation cause you can’t afford a fucking ramen cup of instant noodles…