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[–] QueefyHippo 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

prader willi is real afaik

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[–] superdedenne 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Prader Willi, its a thing. I had several clients who had this when I did supported living. But since we locked up their food and had them on 800 cal a day diets they remained at pretty healthy weights after they came into our care. None of their parents were their legal guardians because the state deemed that they were unfit due to the amount of weight they gained in their care and that is was life threatening. One of the families used to feed their son straight up frosting to calm him when he was on a rampage (most of them also had intellectual disabilities) and couldn't deal with his outbursts since they couldn't reason with him.

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[–] MexicanNotMexicant [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

oh god really....I can see how other fatties trying to say they have this condition as a reason why they can't lose weight though.

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[–] throwaway000O0 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Problem is, prader willi is really rare, if you would compare the amount of fat persons with the percentage of prader willi sufferers, you would notice a big difference. I think there are some rare forms of cancer that fuck up your feeling of hunger but they are also rare.

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[–] superdedenne 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

If they want to claim they have it, joke is on them. Like I said, generally it means they have intellectual liabilities and I can't imagine anyone wanting to own up to that. A lot of times it is paired with Pica, eating of non food items (pen caps, chalk, buttons, dirt, etc) and no gag reflex do they can get all that stuff down there. Literally eating anything and everything they can get their hands on every moment of the day.

Which, now that I think about it, sounds like most Tumblrinas.

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[–] StupidShitlords ago  (edited ago)

The thing is that it is an actual disorder and you can easily tell people who actually have it against those who dont. When you see that girl throwing such a temper tantrum over ice cream, it goes beyond what a normal kid's temper tantrum would be. Normal people still feel shame or embarrassment, even a tumblrina wouldnt lash out the way that kid does over ice cream. The thing about FA and body acceptance is that it is predominately rooted in shame.

It is an actual mental/developmental disorder and it's kind of like saying people would diagnose themselves with down syndrome as an excuse. I mean people do, with things like aspberger's, but I think those people have something wrong with them anyway, like they might fall on the scale somewhere, but not tick every box -- I have a lot of feelings about stuff like this, it's quite strange. Humanity is weird.

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[–] tomatosally 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

so what you're saying is..there IS a way to help these kids? this video made me mad and sad and disgusted. all the bad feelings.

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[–] superdedenne 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Totally, you just have to be strict and get them a hobby they are passionate about. One is super into Special Olympics, he 'trains' all year for it. Another girl is super into singing so she is all about the YouTube videos (private channel). They get 3 meals a day plus two snacks ,on special occasions like birthdays and holidays they get a little extra. But if you keep them busy they are less likely to obsess over the food. Of course they try to sneak food on the regular but this is a totally manageable thing with the right mindset/team.

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[–] Supersecretgf 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

They're working on a way to supplement the hormones that tell you that your full to try to combat the ones telling these kids they're hungry. But yea, I've seen them have to literally padlock all the food in the cabinets and put a bolt on the pantry. The kid was so hungry he broke a cabinet door off. It's honestly really sad. This is probably the only "condition" I can think of that causes someone to truly lose their abiltiy to control food intake, because they actually feel starved to death all the time.

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[–] Jessee ago 

I sense an influx in tumblrinas self-diagnosing prader-willi syndromes anytime now

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[–] Bee_Y_On_D 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

It's a real condition with a well studied genetic basis. Still, these pieces of garbage should be strangled to death upon their diagnosis.

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[–] sensedontmake 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Prada Willi is a real condition, just like the obvious mental disability, I do however call total BS on the "she gains weight on 900 calories pr. day" statement.

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[–] tomatosally ago 

i call mutual bullshit on that statement as well. even the person who responded to me above saying they have clients with this syndrome are keeping their clients on a lower calorie diets and it works. i guarantee the girl parents in the video are just not measuring her food well at all.

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[–] smelly_farts 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah. Condishuns make you hungry. Calories make you fat. Being able to separate the two makes you human.