A teenager developed crippling anorexia after bullies told her to 'kill herself' because she was ginger. At the age of 11, Jasmine Green began to be tormented because of her red hair and her style of clothing.
With her self-confidence at an all-time low, she began skipping meals, and soon had a full-blown eating disorder.
Jasmine Green was living off just an apple-a-day while battling the eating disorder, she dropped to just 6st 6lbs and was rushed to the hospital as her battle against anorexia took a turn for the worse.
Describing the bullying she suffered, Jasmine said: "Some of the kids would mock me for having red hair and used to tell me to kill myself."
"They told me that I had no soul because I was ginger and that I should cut or hang myself which was really horrible."
She added: "All of the bullying left me with really low self-confidence and made me think I was overweight so I started skipping meals."
Soon, she couldn't concentrate on anything and would sit in lessons watching the clock.
In April this year, the 15-year-old collapsed for the third time and was rushed to hospital, where she had to be tube fed to keep her alive.
After being sent to a specialist mental health unit for treatment, she was able to beat her eating disorder and complete the first year of her GCSEs.
Now, she is starting school again at a healthy weight of eight stone and has even decided to become a doctor in order to help others with anorexia.
"After a lot of hard work I want to put all of this behind me now so I can continue my life and, in the future, help other people by becoming a doctor," she said.
"When my anorexia was bad I couldn't concentrate because I thought everyone was staring at me but now I'll finally be able to focus on my studies."
Jasmine Green is happy that she overcome her disease and no longer suffer from the effects. But it just shows how awful bullying and its effects can get, in any walk of life but especially in school.
"Bullying can really ruin people's lives because it makes them feel not good enough - I was lucky to get through this," Jasmine said. "I know I'm a much stronger person now that I am beating something like this."
