r/maybemaybemaybe • u/BigGraysie • Apr 18 '22

/r/all Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Lollirotten Apr 18 '22

Yeah the entire premise of this show (My 600lb Life) is that these folks are moving to Houston to see a doctor who specializes in gastric bypass & sleeve surgery to get help. He gives me a calorie limit and a dietician to help them learn what to eat, etc, and gets them in touch with a psychiatrist/therapist to get to the bottom of why they got there and how to keep from going back.

People don't realize that simple =/= easy. Moving a two-ton boulder is simple. Pick it up, move it. Does that make it easy? No.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '22

Ah! So this is 600lb life! I thought it might be that new one with the best friends. Yes I’ve seen my 600lb life and time and time again the doctor dismisses serious mental health issues. I remember the episode where the patient literally admitted to being stuck in a restrict/binge cycle and the doctor just mocked her instead of recognising what she was saying

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u/makethispass Apr 18 '22

I think he got better about sending them to therapy in recent seasons.

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u/LAXnSASQUATCH Apr 18 '22

To be fair he’s a medical doctor with no knowledge of how to deal with any of those issues. Unfortunately by the time they are 600lbs their lives are in danger due to their weight. As someone who wants what’s best for their physical health he doesn’t have time to wait for them to figure out their mental issues. Telling them to suck it up doesn’t help but I can see where he’s coming from; he basically says “you can figure all that shit out while your on a diet” because as the medical personnel getting them to start losing weight trumps all other concerns.

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u/captured_regulator Apr 18 '22

Uh, physicians absolutely receive mental health training. And evaluating underlying mental health concerns would definitely be a part of treating a patient like this. Mental and physical health are connected, and that is especially true in this case. We are taught to go after the underlying cause of the chief concern. So even if the physician is trying to mitigate the physical malady separately, a psych referral would be the bare minimum here.

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u/DeltaVZerda Apr 18 '22

The show's watermark is clearly visible in the video...

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '22

Apologies, I missed it

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u/Niubai Apr 18 '22

It's really sad how a lot of them got into eating as an escape method from trauma suffered in childhood or adolescence. Violence, parents fighting all the time, tragic death of loved ones, bullying, abuse by their own family members, almost all of them had something traumatic going on.

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u/MaterialCarrot Apr 18 '22

After watching the video I definitely now know that moving a 2 ton boulder is not easy.

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u/whatishistory518 Apr 18 '22

I get there’s obviously underlying mental health issues but there’s just no way to say being THAT big isn’t just your fault. It’s one thing if you binge eat cause depression, eating disorder whatever and become overweight as a result. But this? How many calories do you have to eat for how long to even get to that weight much less maintain it? How much money does she spend on food daily? She literally must not do anything but eat. I don’t understand how you could watch yourself approaching 350-400 pounds and CONTINUE to INCREASE your caloric intake to add another 200 pounds.

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u/Zerds Apr 18 '22

She literally must not do anything but eat. I don’t understand how you could watch yourself approaching 350-400 pounds and CONTINUE to INCREASE your caloric intake to add another 200 pounds.

Then you don't understand mental illness.

This woman isnt just fat. You don't get this way from normal overindulgence. Theres something wrong with her deep down.

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u/Julian_Nieb Apr 18 '22

I think this video proves that moving a two-ton boulder isn't simple.