In my uni days, we studied why cigarette shaming was effective, and why fat shaming wasn’t, turns out a lot of overweight people eat to regulate emotions, shaming them for being fat increased risk of emotional eating. While it may have worked for you, studies show it’s ineffective at pushing people to lose weight.
I can see that. I eat when I’m stressed, but the worst part is that I don’t think about it till it’s over and I go “fuck I shouldn’t have eaten that”
It did take a lot of me looking at the mirror and saying “you fat fuck!” To get me to stop eating so much junk and do some walking
While it worked for you, this is a common negative feedback loop for many.
It is extremely easy to fall into mental health crisis this way. This exact loop is heavily shared in online fat support groups and most of the times doesn’t actually do anything to reach the person’s body objective, it just shatters self esteem further and makes reaching behavior that would help harder while the same coping mechanism they are hating remains.
I am glad you seem to imply you are in a state you prefer now, but as you might have understood this is generally unsustainable for many people.
Smoking is much more a “social interaction” than eating, though.
Sure, people smoke when stressed, but they don’t go on “a bagel break”. If you shame them out of the cig breaks every hour, you’ll have a positive overall effect on them.
Not necessarily. I hate smoking near people, I don’t like to smoke with others, I don’t like to impose my smoke into non-smokers. I smoke to be alone with my thoughts and as part of my emotional regulation habits. I don’t need to be shamed for smoking, I already hate myself for having the habit. If it was as easy as feeling shame, I would’ve already quit years ago.
If nobody had shamed me I’d still be “300lbs”
In my uni days, we studied why cigarette shaming was effective, and why fat shaming wasn’t, turns out a lot of overweight people eat to regulate emotions, shaming them for being fat increased risk of emotional eating. While it may have worked for you, studies show it’s ineffective at pushing people to lose weight.
I can see that. I eat when I’m stressed, but the worst part is that I don’t think about it till it’s over and I go “fuck I shouldn’t have eaten that” It did take a lot of me looking at the mirror and saying “you fat fuck!” To get me to stop eating so much junk and do some walking
While it worked for you, this is a common negative feedback loop for many.
It is extremely easy to fall into mental health crisis this way. This exact loop is heavily shared in online fat support groups and most of the times doesn’t actually do anything to reach the person’s body objective, it just shatters self esteem further and makes reaching behavior that would help harder while the same coping mechanism they are hating remains.
I am glad you seem to imply you are in a state you prefer now, but as you might have understood this is generally unsustainable for many people.
Yeah, smokers never do that.
Smoking is much more a “social interaction” than eating, though.
Sure, people smoke when stressed, but they don’t go on “a bagel break”. If you shame them out of the cig breaks every hour, you’ll have a positive overall effect on them.
That’s how I’m interpreting the data, at least.
Not necessarily. I hate smoking near people, I don’t like to smoke with others, I don’t like to impose my smoke into non-smokers. I smoke to be alone with my thoughts and as part of my emotional regulation habits. I don’t need to be shamed for smoking, I already hate myself for having the habit. If it was as easy as feeling shame, I would’ve already quit years ago.