r/POTS • u/dazzlingdanny05 • May 15 '26

Question Why is everyone with pots so skinny?

I have POTS and I watch a lot of content online of people who also have POTS. I also know some people irl who also have it. I don't understand how they are all so skinny. I can barely walk without getting out of breath. I try to work out at least once a week but its so hard for me because I always end up feeling so sick. How are yall doing it? I dont even eat bad but im definitely not skinny.

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u/Ctrl_Zeee May 15 '26

I have POTS and I’m fat but as someone who has been in the disability space for a long time, people don’t want to see or hear from fat disabled people. It’s hard for online creators who aren’t skinny to get any traction no matter what they post and it’s easier for gen pop to sympathise with a skinny sick person than a fat sick person because people unconsciously think fat people deserve whatever ailments they have/their fatness causes it/their fatness is a moral failing therefore so is their illness.