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<blockquote data-quote="Goonergal" data-source="post: 1885196" data-attributes="member: 368709"><p>I love that this thread is drawing out some personal experiences that hopefully will help others who may feel alone or who have not yet understood the basis of some of their issues.</p><p></p><p>I had a different take on the video - for me it came across as incredibly supportive and empowering. I don’t feel that acknowledging food addiction is a path to passive acceptance, anymore than the identification of alcohol, tobacco or any other addiction does.</p><p></p><p>For me, one of the reasons that this is such a hidden problem is due to the social unacceptability of obesity and associated assumptions that the overweight are lazy and unable to control themselves. The contrast with the social acceptability of drinking - including over consumption - couldn’t be greater. Smoking is far less socially acceptable these days, but neither of the latter two groups are so roundly and publicly vilified. </p><p></p><p>Using the concepts of the stand up exercise to identify - or self-identify - could in my view open up a whole new world of empowered individuals who feel able to take steps, however small, to help themselves manage their daily struggles (emotional and physical) more effectively. That can only be a good thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonergal, post: 1885196, member: 368709"] I love that this thread is drawing out some personal experiences that hopefully will help others who may feel alone or who have not yet understood the basis of some of their issues. I had a different take on the video - for me it came across as incredibly supportive and empowering. I don’t feel that acknowledging food addiction is a path to passive acceptance, anymore than the identification of alcohol, tobacco or any other addiction does. For me, one of the reasons that this is such a hidden problem is due to the social unacceptability of obesity and associated assumptions that the overweight are lazy and unable to control themselves. The contrast with the social acceptability of drinking - including over consumption - couldn’t be greater. Smoking is far less socially acceptable these days, but neither of the latter two groups are so roundly and publicly vilified. Using the concepts of the stand up exercise to identify - or self-identify - could in my view open up a whole new world of empowered individuals who feel able to take steps, however small, to help themselves manage their daily struggles (emotional and physical) more effectively. That can only be a good thing. [/QUOTE]
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