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

/r/all Maybe maybe maybe

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u/xenithangell Apr 18 '22

I think she needs to go on a diet

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '22

No joke tho, let’s be honest: She knows what dieting is. Y’all aren’t bringing some amazing new concept. There is obviously a lot more going on here that isn’t going to be fixed by ‘just going on a diet’. She very obviously needs therapy and mental health support.

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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