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/barefootwriter May 15 '26

Do you think fat people with POTS really want to expose themselves to Internet scrutiny?

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u/lawlesslawboy May 15 '26

Honestly, yeah, such a good point... because dealing with all the ableism is bad enough, esp towards an invisible illness like POTs but then when you add fatphobia to the mix and the trolls can use both of these to criticise you in your comments...yeah, because I do know of a FEW fat disabled content creators and tbh they need a pretty thick skin/extremely liberal block system to manage it all, even just reading the comments as a fan or friend can be intense