article_snippet.sent: and as I grew up the bullying contributed to that because I tended to comfort eat. '
article_snippet.sent: It was at that period in high school where I started to become really self-conscious about my weight. '
article_snippet.sent: I didn’t leave the house for a year and the only time I would leave my room would be to go downstairs to get food.'
article_snippet.sent: and I started to diet. '
article_snippet.sent: It was scary going outside
article_snippet.sent: and I was too afraid to leave the house because I thought people would be judging me.
article_snippet.sent: because I didn’t want anybody to see me. '