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Living without appetite. I get it can help some people with losing weight. But doesn’t it sound a tad sad too? Isn’t desire one of the most complex, beautiful e

Living without appetite. I get it can help some people with losing weight. But doesn’t it sound a tad sad too? Isn’t desire one of the most complex, beautiful emotions?

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2y ago
Your picture of desire and the reality of addiction are very different things
daedrdev 2y ago
Many people do not want to eat how they do, the just cannot help themselves
tshaddox 2y ago
Unwanted desires are extremely uncomfortable.
ryandrake 2y ago
I don't suffer from an uncontrollable appetite, but for those who do, I would imagine that compulsive-anything is undesirable and eliminating it is an unambiguously positive miracle. If a drug can cure an out-of-control appetite, can it cure chemical addictions? Compulsive gambling? None of these are beautiful emotions.
- fragmede 2y ago
  Funny you should say that. There's mounting anecdotal evidence that GL-1's curb addiction more generally, including the two you mentioned, SUD/chemical and gambling. There are currently trials underway to try and prove that scientifically. https://news.unchealthcare.org/2023/12/use-of-glp-1-receptor-agonists-to-treat-substance-and-alcohol-use-disorders-is-promising-but-premature/ https://news.unchealthcare.org/2023/12/use-of-glp-1-receptor...
consteval 2y ago
Yes but when your brain is broken and the desire a liiiiitle too strong it becomes bad. I smoked. The desire to have a cig was debilitating. And I didn't want it, I never wanted it. But the sheer desire would bring me to my knees.
xk_id 2y ago
Desire is a function of the separation from divinity.
joquarky 2y ago
> Isn’t desire one of the most complex, beautiful emotions? Perhaps, but it's also the source of suffering.
Shadowed_ 2y ago
Not without but with reduced appetite.
Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
I eat probably 12 times per day, mostly fruit with 3 main meals. I'm always hungry, I'd love to eat even 6 times instead. I like food, don't get me wrong, but being constantly hungry is very annoying

Living without appetite. I get it can help some people with losing weight. But doesn’t it sound a tad sad too? Isn’t desire one of the most complex, beautiful emotions?

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2y ago

Your picture of desire and the reality of addiction are very different things

daedrdev 2y ago

Many people do not want to eat how they do, the just cannot help themselves

tshaddox 2y ago

Unwanted desires are extremely uncomfortable.

ryandrake 2y ago

I don't suffer from an uncontrollable appetite, but for those who do, I would imagine that compulsive-anything is undesirable and eliminating it is an unambiguously positive miracle. If a drug can cure an out-of-control appetite, can it cure chemical addictions? Compulsive gambling? None of these are beautiful emotions.

fragmede 2y ago
Funny you should say that. There's mounting anecdotal evidence that GL-1's curb addiction more generally, including the two you mentioned, SUD/chemical and gambling. There are currently trials underway to try and prove that scientifically. https://news.unchealthcare.org/2023/12/use-of-glp-1-receptor-agonists-to-treat-substance-and-alcohol-use-disorders-is-promising-but-premature/ https://news.unchealthcare.org/2023/12/use-of-glp-1-receptor...

consteval 2y ago

Yes but when your brain is broken and the desire a liiiiitle too strong it becomes bad. I smoked. The desire to have a cig was debilitating. And I didn't want it, I never wanted it. But the sheer desire would bring me to my knees.

xk_id 2y ago

Desire is a function of the separation from divinity.

joquarky 2y ago

> Isn’t desire one of the most complex, beautiful emotions? Perhaps, but it's also the source of suffering.

Shadowed_ 2y ago

Not without but with reduced appetite.

Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago

I eat probably 12 times per day, mostly fruit with 3 main meals. I'm always hungry, I'd love to eat even 6 times instead. I like food, don't get me wrong, but being constantly hungry is very annoying