Obesity As The Cause
It seems that though obesity can literally afflict people in any part of the world, it statistically speaking tends to afflict more Americans, of all ages and races now, than anywhere else in the world. So it’s not racially related so much as regionally related and culturally related at this point. It can be the most difficult handicap for any one person to handle, and some have even called it a literal disability.
And to some degree, you could say it. After all, obesity can cause serious problems to the health, to the ability to interact in your own life. And yet, this disease of sorts seems to be one of the few diseases, along with those like depression, that we seem to blame the sufferer for. We seem to think that it is all their own fault and therefore they somehow deserve it.
I am by no means saying that it is completely out of the sufferers control or that they should not take some personal responsibility in this case. In fact, I think a lot of the responsibility does lie on the individual. But at the same point, when people have other problems, we run to help them. We run to get them medical care, to adjust to their schedules, to help them to deal with and overcome their problem. But with obesity, it is almost like we undermine them at every turn, not to mention the fact that the obese often feel abandoned by their family, friends, and everyday acquaintances.
Now in extreme cases, you may experience issues such as being too big to fit in a regular chair, having a hard time finding clothes that actually fit, and in some cases, even finding it hard to fit through regular sized doors. And while the rest of us have our own issues I am sure, they have issues of their own. After all, nobody wants to be a downer, everybody wants to fit in with their friends. So you often get the stereotype of the jolly fat guy, when that is simply not the case.
Essentially speaking, obesity is a self defeating thing. When you try to be happy or pretend to be happy anyway, you often delve into deeper depression, binge eating, comfort food, and all self defeating practices.