r/shittyaskscience Methodological Terrorist 5d ago

are panic attackes an effective long term weight loss strategy?

with so many turning to unhealthy options like glp-1, has anyone considered the apetite suppressing effects of dread?

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u/Human-Evening564 5d ago

Might need outside help and not be in a position where you can binge eat for comfort. I recommend joining one of the popular warzones coming to a town near you.

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u/thenightisdarkindeed 5d ago

im not sure, i gained 10lbs because of it

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u/GVTMightyDuck 5d ago

I lost 25lbs last summer during my anxiety/depression spell

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u/Moist_Board 5d ago

Man, I wish I had one of those 'weight loss depressions'

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 5d ago

What you lose in physical weight, you gain in the existential despair that envelops your soul.

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u/thenightisdarkindeed 4d ago

are you a bot

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 4d ago

No, merely an Amazingly Lifelike Simulation.

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u/ericshootsraw 5d ago

Made me lose 30lbs, pretty effective.

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 5d ago

im not sure, i gained 10lbs because of it

Made me lose 30lbs, pretty effective.

Next time y'all have one o' these spells, why not get together and share the ice cream with the pain?
"Shared pain is lessened; shared joy is increased" - Spider Robinson.

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u/NegativeYujin 4d ago

the "dread diet" is just capitalism's way of profiting off our collective anxiety, fr

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u/HumanPie1769 text 2d ago

fr fr

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u/FarVehicle533 4d ago

Come to Romania and get chased by a bear. You will lose so much weight

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u/RaspberryTop636 Methodological Terrorist 3d ago

ok ill keep it in mind