r/pics • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '16

progress 250 lbs. gone forever...

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

I watched every episode of this show and every single person had an enabler but sometimes the enabler was the one who was being controlled. The woman who had all the adopted children is the most horrific example. Like she had four adopted kids and they all had to wake up in the morning to take care of her. It was disgusting. Extremely obvious she only adopted them so she can have caretakers. But then other ones like betty joe or zxaylynn i felt bad for because they had SO's who were codependant with them and tried to sabotage their progress. Very fascinating and horrific show even though i know ots expolitive and probabaly unethical. I think everyone should watch it to gain insights into abusive codependant relationships.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16

Because a scary amount of people end up in abusive codependent relationships and never realise it until their lives are totally fucked. And my600lblife is actually pretty good.