[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I'm not I'm buying this....... an obese person can still see themselves as thin?

Many obese people are in complete denial about the amount of food that they eat, but they still are more than aware that they are obsese - they will argue blind about how little they eat, and the type of foods that they eat. Many more than admit to it being 'a comfort, makes them feel good/better' - they are aware they are obsese.

have you ever been obese?

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by lostalex

have you ever been obese?

I don't have to be obese to have a viewpoint.

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I don't have to be obese to have a viewpoint that simply doesn't match yours.

I didn't ask you to agree. But the way you spoke, you sounded very authoritative about the issue, so i was wondering if you had personal experience. just wondering.

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by lostalex

I didn't ask you to agree. But the way you spoke, you sounded very authoritative about the issue, so i was wondering if you had personal experience. just wondering.

Fair comment - I'll take the few words back.

One doesn't have to have had a personal experience. That's akin to saying a doctor for example, could not possibly have any indepth knowledge or understanding in how anorexics suffer/view themselves/use their illness as a form of control, if said doctor hadn't had their own personal experience.

As for me sounding very authoritative - I'm straght to the point most times, to the point of being blunt. I also have happen to find these things interesting - what makes the mind and the human psyche tick etc.

(Contrary to popular belief by some (not you), I honestly don't spend all my time faffing about on Tibbs - I sort of view this as the 'dead zone' - rest time for my own brain!!).