Karina blames her parents for getting fat to an unimaginable size.
Karina is only 22 years old. She moves only in a wheelchair and only around the house. The girl practically does not go out into the street. But not at all because she is seriously ill. It’s all about the monstrous weight of Karina – she weighs almost 300 kilograms.
The girl’s problems began in early childhood. When she was still very young, she was diagnosed with asthma. She often had to stay in the hospital, there was always oxygen at home in case of an attack. Karina’s parents had to work day and night to pay the bills for their daughter’s treatment. But she was not the only child in the family. Karina is the eldest of three children.
“I remember how my mother sat next to my bed during seizures, looked at me and cried,” Karina recalls in a conversation with .
But this case turned out to be just when time heals. Karina was getting older, feeling better and better. When she was six years old, her asthma attacks were over.
“I thought we would all be happier. But because of my illness, our money was really bad. And the parents continued to work hard. Mom worked two jobs, she was not there from early morning until late at night. I hardly saw her, ”explains Karina.
It was hard for the girl without the usual attention. After all, when she was sick, her parents were always by her side: they took care of her, took care of her. The hospital shook over her too. And then Karina realized for the first time what loneliness is.
“I needed very little. To be hugged, stroked on the head. But my mother was too busy, ”says Karina. Mom really blames herself for her daughter’s condition, because she missed the moment when Karina had an extremely unhealthy relationship with food. “The food has replaced my mother’s hug,” she says.
Eating loneliness, by the age of ten, Karina weighed 45 kilograms. Normally, the weight of a child at this age should be about 30 kilograms. Overkill almost one and a half times! But Karina’s mom was too busy. After all, she needed to support her family, money does not fall from the sky.
“As soon as I felt lonely or upset, my hand automatically reached for cookies, chips, muffins. Food always comforted me, and she was always there, unlike my mother, ”says Karina.
Now the girl is trying to change her eating habits: she started eating vegetables instead of fast food. She also dreams of stomach surgery. In her opinion, she will no longer be able to cope with her problem in another way.