I have been reading the "Why am I Fat" thread. A lot of people who have posted have had very unhappy childhoods, relationship
and marriages with sexual, physical and emotional abuse. I can see that being slim might not solve the fall out from the horrors they have lived through and that nothing will; so I can well believe the high suicide rates. But as Marimaru has said, it would be interesting to know how many suicides there have been by people who are very big and have not had surgery.

I often think when I read stories of abuse "don't let the abusers get the better of you, live your life", but realise that I have not been through anything like what they have been through, so have no right to say that. My heart does go out to them though

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