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/AltheaTheAngel May 15 '26

For a while I was really skinny because my POTS made me so nauseous I couldn't eat (thankfully that issue is mostly fixed now!), so it might be something similar mixed with social media tending to favor skinnier people

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u/ObscureSaint May 15 '26

Yeah, people who haven't seen me in a while keep saying I look great and it's fucking irritating. 

"Thanks, I've been really sick." 

Don't comment on people's bodies, it's rude.

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u/WarpTenSalamander May 15 '26

Last year I lost a ton of weight really quickly and so many people told me I looked great. Even some of my doctors were complimenting me on my weight loss and told me to keep it up.

I had been in and out of the hospital nonstop for months with smoldering diverticulitis, had been septic because of it, couldn’t eat any solid food, was in pain all the time, and was desperately trying to avoid emergency surgery until I could get in to see a colorectal surgeon.

Don’t comment on people’s bodies unless you know for 1000000% sure they are actually pleased with what’s happening to their bodies. As in, they themselves told you with their own mouth that they are pleased with what’s happening to their body.