I've been fat since I was seven, and being fat sets you apart.
I wasn't a social drinker. I used to say that I didn't want to go to bars because they were full of assholes like me.
Our kids go to school and they come out feeling not intelligent, not desirable, not attractive or appealing to others.
In the beginning, I was very insecure. I hated how I looked in pictures.
For years I felt like the ugly one in Girls Aloud.
I didn't like the way I looked in pictures - when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, 'Eesh.'
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
I never had a desire to be famous... I was fat. I didn't know any fat famous actresses... You know, once a fat kid, always a fat kid. Because you always think that you just look a little bit wrong or a little bit different from everyone else. And I still sort of have that.
I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?
When I did dance, I never felt enough. It probably was where I got my biggest insecurities as a kid.
I don't want to look at myself - ever. All I see is that my face is a problem. It's asymmetrical. I get terrible bags under my eyes.
I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else.
You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.
If I were to die today, I would be nervous about what people would say at my funeral. I would be happy if they said things like, 'He was a nice guy' or, 'He was occasionally decent' or, 'Mike wasn't as bad as a lot of people.'
I was terrible at sport at school. I was fat, which made things slightly tougher, but it also meant that people were encouraging to the point of patronising.
I think I have a great deal of self-hatred, a profound feeling of fraudulence, of being detestable and evil. It's only a part of me, but it's there, and it's active.
I always seek people's approval and I'm always never good enough.
Don't do drugs to be cool, do 'em because you hate yourself.
At school I hated swimming and felt bigger and more self-conscious than all the other girls - and I would go to summer sports camps to desperately try to change my shape so that it couldn't be one of the taunts aimed at me by bullies.
I am boring.
Many people come to self-help material because they feel like something is wrong with them or the way they are. The problem is that anything that tells you how to improve your life is also implying that there is something inherently wrong with you the way you are.
I thought I was horrible and really mean on 'Total Divas.'
It's impossible to accept love from anyone else if you don't love yourself. It's a big issue, particularly for us plus-size ladies and for anyone dealing with weight, because we're not taught to love ourselves or be our own cheerleaders.
I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.
I stared at myself in the mirror. Okay, just ugh. I had to get some sleep tonight - the bags under my eyes had bags.
