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Originally Posted by Pudding
A lack of willpower (which you've readily admitted) is a form of mental disorder is it not? The ability for self-discipline isn't there, even when there is a clear risk to health. People who want to lose weight should see a psychiatrist first and not a dietician, because mentally they either can't stop stuffing their face or they're eating all the wrong things.
Not many would argue that someone with anorexia has a mental disorder, so why can't fat people have a mental disorder too?
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No I don't think a lack of willpower is a mental disorder. Indeed, I don't think I have a lack of willpower. I make a choice. My choice.
SELF-discipline would be there if I choose for it to be there. As for the risk to health, I'm not debating that being overweight is a health risk. It is, but so is walking across the street, playing sports, smoking, drinking and in some places going out after dark. Do you have a mental disorder if you do those. No.
I don't have a mental disorder, I choose for myself. You might not like it or agree with it, but it's not your choice.
I agree that some people become addicted to food, just like people get addicted to other things. I don't think most addictions are mental disorders, necessarily. I agree they may need therapy or counseling to get to the root of their issue, but that doesn't necessarily give them a disorder.