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[quote=Anonymous]Obesity can be the result of mental illness similar to anorexia. It can spring from depression, anxiety, or past sexual trauma. Have some compassion. Some people respond to stress by losing their appetite - others stress eat. Your personal experience (sample size of 1) is not the whole human experience .

I love dessert, but the idea of eating a whole family size container of anything sounds revolting. I just wouldn't want to do it. My stomach would hurt. People do feel full or uncomfortable at a certain point. I don't use my personal experience to say that's how it must be for everyone or even most people. What a limited world view.[/quote]

This is well said. There are people in both camps so there is no way for strangers to know: do you overeat/are you obese due to lack of discipline, or do you have a trauma, depression, addiction or health issue (e.g., medication, thyroid), etc.? Why can't we just be compassionate since each person is a human being with feelings?

To PP's point, I would say I have a food addiction. Meaning, I can happily binge on a pizza, donuts, ice cream, and not once feel ill or sick. Rather, it's a feeling of euphoria, happiness, contentment to be that full. In that sense, we are very different. The only reason I am not overweight despite struggling with it my entire adult life is because I KNOW it would stunt my career, peers would look down on me, my family would give me a hard time, and my health would be impacted. All external factors for the most part. Obese individuals may not have the same sensitivities to those external factors to influence behavior and may have things in their life that are outside of their control.

When I've heard people talk negatively about those who are overweight, it all seems to come back to a judgment about their personal discipline or lack thereof. As if being overweight/obese is an indictment on who that person is, their work ethic, and so on. It's such a false narrative, but anecdotally it is what I hear.[/quote]

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