Topic : 09/14 Season Premiere: 1,000 Women!

Thank you for replying to my rant in a civil manner. 

I guess after dealing with the disease for years, the term "psychotic" was just overboard...as most people toss it around like it's an "acceptable" term for mental illness.  I think that on the Dr. Phil board that people should possibly be more sensitive abuot language. 

Are you anorexic?  It's not a hallucination, it's "PERCEPTION".  Still not psychosis.  I coped with life just fine.  The stress release was just not eating, the very way that a binge eater or compulsive over eater will eat. 

Except it's not very PC to say, "Their coping mechanism is stuffing their faces and being FAT." 

Because a binge eater doesn't look like they are ready for the camps like Auschwitz...their pain gets ignored, they STILL have a messed up relationship with food. 

OH, and my experience...I had some people very very concerned that I had gotten "so thin" and some people jealous that I looked so cute and tiny.   

Truly messed up eh, that to some women I was ill and to some women I was "cute".  You have to love LA.  I wasn't any thinner than Nicole Ritchie. *well, taller, and a bit heavier, but that level of muscle definition, same "look" to the body.* 

I guess not many women can "say" that they ever had super model measurements...but I now know that at 5'9" 32-24-34 is VERY VERY sick. 

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I have a jelly belly I look at it with both discust and humor I can wear it up or down when my hands are full it can wave for me. it knocks things over occasionally. It loks like a really pale zebra but I ll have to live with it 

I breastfed 2 of my 3 girls.  I only heard 2  people say anything about it and they were both family members.  My oldest, I had no idea what I was doing so it took me a couple weeks to learn how to do it discreetly so I kept it at home or in public restrooms until I coule do it without "flashing."  My third baby, I fed anywhere, anytime because I broke down and purchased the nursing clothes.  By then, they were much more attractive and normal-looking and I could get prepared discreetly.  Most people just thought she was sleeping and would ask to hold her.  I completely agree with Dr Phil.  I am uncomfortable with women who ignore the sensitivities of others because their baby is hungry or wants a snack right now.  I think a good example of that is when his guest gave a brief demonstration of how she breast feeds in a tailored blouse.  I would feel uncomfortable.  Yes, I multi-tasked my breasts but society is not ready, especially women who have not breast fed, for nursing in the form-fitting clothes that are so stylish right now.  There are plenty of attractive nursing blouses or baby blankets.  I alway comment to a nursing mother in public that I support her if she is showing sensitivity to other people.  Let's get along.  Aren't there are important things than feeding my baby right now in front of everybody, unless it's at McDonald's or Chuck E Cheese? 

I admire Dr. Phil for the work that he does for people.  The show was broadcast here in Australia for the first time today and it was a great theme.  I also struggle with the saggy belly, and general poor self image, but this show has taught me that we are all different and we all have our own gripes about what we look like.  We are not alone!  And what is extremely important is the friendships we build with both family and friends so that we can give to each other and receive from each other what we need to get us through each day.  When this is missing there are obvious negative consequences.   

I, like Kelly, had a mother who was not satisfied with the way I looked.  She called me a bitch and a slut.  She told me that I would never find a boyfriend.  She marched me to all sorts of dieticians and weight loss programs because she didn't like the way I looked.  The only time still even today she seems to have any interest for me is if I am skinny (or on a weight loss program) so I have struggled with weight and self image issues for a long time.  Fortunately there are 1000 kms separating mum from myself which enables me to concentrate on helping myself feel better without the pressure that I am not acceptable to her.  Today I am a divorced mother of two.  I work as an accountant and I am studying to become a teacher.  

Even though Jackie did very wrong to Kelly, I do think she had guts to get up there and tell the world exactly what she did and admitting her wrong doings.  It is that kind of admission of wrongdoing that produces change.  My own mother has never apologised for the treatment she has given me, which has made me struggle even more so with the relationship between us. 

I do hope and pray that the assistance Dr. Phil has given both Kelly and Jackie will enable them to correct and solidify their relationship together.  I look forward to future shows and updates. 

Dr. Phil and Robin - I hope one day you will travel to Australia for some shows down here!!  Until then I will continue to watch the programs and read your books and be continually inspired by your caring knowledge and advice. 

It broke my heart to hear how Kellys mom talked to her. It was like hearing my mom twenty years ago. Everything seemed the same, the namecalling, the weighing. She used to pinch my "fat" and make jokes. Told me Id never find a deasent man. But I did, and he loves me and married me in 2000. Thank You for talking about these topics, and helping girls and women all over the world. You are the best Dr.Phil. 

Thank you 

My mother nagged me constantly about my weight when I was growing up.  Even at 5'8" and a size 5 I was still not thin (read good) enough.  I am now in my thirties and can still be reduced to tears by her comments.    In a society where girls/women are constantly bombarded with the images of the "ideal" body, shouldn't the home be the place where we go to receive the encouragement to be the best we can be - strong, happy, and confident in ourselves?