Amalie Jennings, 30, knew all too well how cruel the world could be.<\/p>\n
For most of her life, she struggled with self-hatred and feeling like an outsider because of her body. But everything changed when she met a man named Sean.<\/p>\n
\u201dI have always been fat since I was two years old,\u201d Amalie explained in 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201dMy mum took me to the doctors because I was gaining a lot of weight. Since as long as I can remember, I have been fat. And of course, that comes with a lot of bullying, a lot of picking on. My oldest memory of bullying is in Kindergarten, when I was around four. And all the kids picked on me for being fat.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Amalie grew older, the bullying only intensified.<\/p>\n
\u201dI gained even more weight, which meant I was picked on even more. I started self-harming, and I got picked on again,\u201d she said. \u201dI just had a really horrible self-image. I hated looking in the mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n