Elif Shafak. 10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world (№ 410067)

Hyumeira believed that there is something in common between obesity and a tendency to melancholy. In both cases, society blames the patient himself. No other disease is treated like that. People with other ailments receive at least a bit of sympathy and moral support. But not overweight and not those who are prone to depression. You can restrain your appetite ... You can control your thoughts ... But Hyumeira knew that neither weight nor habitual despair depended on her.