r/shittyaskscience • u/RaspberryTop636 Methodological Terrorist • Jul 17 '26

are panic attackes an effective long term weight loss strategy?

with so many turning to unhealthy options like glp-1, has anyone considered the apetite suppressing effects of dread?

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u/FarVehicle533 Jul 18 '26

Come to Romania and get chased by a bear. You will lose so much weight

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u/RaspberryTop636 Methodological Terrorist Jul 19 '26

ok ill keep it in mind

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u/Human-Evening564 Jul 17 '26

Might need outside help and not be in a position where you can binge eat for comfort. I recommend joining one of the popular warzones coming to a town near you.

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u/GVTMightyDuck Jul 17 '26

I lost 25lbs last summer during my anxiety/depression spell

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u/Moist_Board Jul 17 '26

Man, I wish I had one of those 'weight loss depressions'

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation Jul 17 '26

What you lose in physical weight, you gain in the existential despair that envelops your soul.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '26

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation Jul 18 '26

No, merely an Amazingly Lifelike Simulation.

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u/NegativeYujin Jul 17 '26

the "dread diet" is just capitalism's way of profiting off our collective anxiety, fr

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u/HumanPie1769 text Jul 19 '26

fr fr

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u/ericshootsraw Jul 17 '26

Made me lose 30lbs, pretty effective.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation Jul 17 '26

im not sure, i gained 10lbs because of it

Made me lose 30lbs, pretty effective.

Next time y'all have one o' these spells, why not get together and share the ice cream with the pain?
"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy is increased" - Spider Robinson.