how do you tell family youre on this without getting a lecture back
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#mental-health 2025-09-17
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- identity_shift — how do you tell family youre on this without getting a lecture back 15:38
- tga_notice — you are not the only person in here who has felt that, and i say that as somebody who was certain they were 16:06
- tga_notice — slightly off topic but i am kinder to myself now than i was when i was heavier, and that is not because of the number, someone check my working 16:27
- residual_solvent — nobody says you took the easy way about a blood pressure tablet, and i keep that sentence ready for when i need it, for what its worth 16:35
thats grief honestly
you are not the only person in here who has felt that, and i say that as somebody who was certain they were
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the escalation nerves got smaller each time for me but they never went away entirely
same at week 5
slightly off topic but i am kinder to myself now than i was when i was heavier, and that is not because of the number, someone check my working
thank you for saying it
nobody says you took the easy way about a blood pressure tablet, and i keep that sentence ready for when i need it, for what its worth
how did people get through a long plateau without giving up entirely
i measured my waist and my walking pace during the plateau because both were still moving when the scale wasnt
hold on if you can
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the quiet is strange isnt it
quick one i read every twinge as something serious for the first three months and it does settle down
that was me too
my mood dipped around week five and lifted by about week ten. i cannot tell you why either of those happened
does anyone talk to somebody professionally about this side of it
i see somebody professionally about the eating side of this and it is the best money i have spent on any of it
not the easy way
i came back at month 20 to say thank you and got a much warmer response than i expected
were not clinicians