#chairbusters

OK, for some of my readers, when you were a much smaller kid, as some of you are still young enough for me to be your dad or weird uncle.

Anyway, remember when you'd get mad at someone, and decide that you were going to ignore them and never speak to them again, and you'd spend days or hours not talking to them... And they didn't notice?!

So you just had to let them know that you were mad, and so you sought them out, and told them, specifically, using words, that you weren't talking to them? When you gave them your attention just to be able to tell them that you were ignoring them and that they'd get no attention from you? 

Consider bringing someone with you who makes you feel brave or secure. Some kind of security object could also work.

Maybe consider rewarding yourself for going so when things get hard you can remember that you’ll be getting a treat when it’s over.

In other words, bring a security blanket, and then engage in uncontrolled emotional eating afterwards. Granted, Mod Belly doesn’t use those words, but let’s get real: these are people who think that any kind of moderation or restriction on food intake is equivalent to an eating disorder, so it’s really a safe assumption to make.

Other highlights include the suggestion that the person pre-diagnose herself and argue with the diagnosis, and that an unfavorable diagnosis should result in doctor shopping.

I’ve never understood this mindset, to be honest: why keep going to doctors if you’re not going to listen to their advice or don’t want the benefit of their expertise?  Doctors aren’t out to get you, as a rule; the fact that for-profit medicine is a fucking cancer aside, most doctors at least care a little about the welfare of their patients, and they’re not going to just flat out lie to you.

It’s also kind of interesting that the only two weight categories that they recognize are skinny oppressors and poor downtrodden fats who never did nothing wrong.