article_snippet: " 'I felt patronised.
article_snippet: I was always the one to make the joke about me first before anyone else could, but I hated my size inside.
article_snippet: Humour was my defence mechanism. '
article_snippet: When I was thirteen I had to change schools after a group of lads kicked me down some stairs. '
article_snippet: a group of lads said a group of lads were going to kick the fat out of me and started booting me in the stomach.'