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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one wants to have the conversation about SSRI use![/quote]
+1 It is the elephant in the room.[/quote]

The obesity epidemic is the other, uh, elephant in the room. [/quote]

I agree on this.

Despite efforts to normalize obesity I think there is a huge portion of the population that just knows they are unattractive and have simply resorted to avoiding sex, or even thinking about sex.

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Sort of related. Dr. Sarah Taber just had a good Twitter thread touching on how screwed up the popular narrative is when it comes to obesity: 
https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1478067856545927170

A couple of her comments:

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I just think it's funny how ~the obesity epidemic~ started at the same time that falling real wages, longer work hours, & longer commutes started to eat away at Americans' sleep time almost like it's a symptom of larger-scale societal problems that are profitable for some people...Chronic stress (overwork, poverty, sexual harassment, discrimination, etc) also has a lot more to do with fatness than anybody wants to admit. [She adds PTSD from childhood trauma as another element.] 
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Veggies & cooking from scratch are great & all! Healthy food is a fine & good thing. But it's no substitute for sleep, PTSD treatment, & ending domestic violence & overwork.
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[She then talks some about the profit motive involved with people selling health food, supplements, books, supplements, etc. and concludes]: the problem with naps and not beating your family,, is you can do those things for free.[/quote]
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