anorexia & MO

donali · August 6, 2004

Where's the coverage of MO? What about an afterschool special about a girl who's so obese her joints ache and she can barely breathe and she's slowly killing herself because of her co-morbidities? I want to see that show. I want kids to learn about that in health class. It makes me so worked up just thinking about it! If my best friend was anorexic, you can bet your ass there'd be one hell of an intervention. But if she was morbidly obese it just wouldn't be the done thing to bring it up.

I SO agree with this... but at the same time, I think MO isn't treated the same way because NO one can agree on the "cure". And since everyone "knows" that caloric intake is pretty much key, in one way or another, MO people are just directed to a diet.

THAT DOESN'T HELP.

So what DOES help? For me, it was compulsive overeating therapy. And then the band, which helped reinforce the compulsive overeating therapy.

Most MO people do NOT want "therapy" - they want to fix the symptoms - they think of MO as a physical problem, and so does 90% of the rest of the world.

Anorexia is seen as a mental problem - so, they get help.

Anyone out there willing to admit that MO is a MENTAL problem, and to get help through therapy? Some of us have... But most of us resist changing our mental outlooks, and resort to "I just need something to help me eat less."

Good therapy may do that.

I personally DO believe that for many MO people there is a malfunction between the full signal and the full receptors. But being banded, and KNOWING I was not hungry, and actually physically full, but still DRIVEN to eat PROVED to me that whatever physical malfunctions I may or may not have, I definitely had a psychological component to my MO.

Just "food" for thought...

Neicy · August 6, 2004

But being banded, and KNOWING I was not hungry, and actually physically full, but still DRIVEN to eat PROVED to me that whatever physical malfunctions I may or may not have, I definitely had a psychological component to my MO.
Just "food" for thought...

You have hit the nail on the head again, Donali. I can't tell you how many times I've done this. Full as can be, but still looking in the frige and pantry for "something". That's sick if anything is.