HI. I'm new here. I was wondering if anyone has anything to share about shame and I don't mean other's shaming you for considering WLS. I mean you shaming yourself. In my friend and family circles, I have always be the "strong" one, the independent one, the caretaker, etc. I get a lot done and have reached many goals in my life. I feel like I SHOULD be able to do this on my own too, but evidence points to an ever escalating contradiction. I have a lot of good reasons for getting to this point and even if I didn't - here I am. I'm so tired and so unhappy and I can't keep spending my life doing things that don't work and just make me feel bad. I've had two physician's recommend that I think about a GS, but whenever, I actually contemplate WLS, I get this feeling of immense shame. I almost fell more shame about considering GS than I do about needing it. That's crazy! I want to be good to myself and love myself. And here's the deal. I'm almost 50 years old and almost 300lbs. I don't have a million more years to live and even less if I don't do something. Any shares on how you might have dealt with this kind of shame?
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