She looks like that mean strict teacher that would make you fail an exam if you did the smallest thing wrong.
I always felt like there was something off with that Michael. He seems creepy to me.
He acts like had a lobotomy. I don't know if I've ever seen him say more than 2 or 3 words.
Now we have something to look forward to seeing in season 3!
Then let her. She's a lost cause. If not for the sweet TV money they would've dumped her in a moldy caravan like the one Amy bought.
Sort of ironic given the statements she made when they went to see Chris after surgery.
That therapist was absolute shit and I found myself becoming angry on Tammy's behalf. Someone like Dr Paradise or (especially) Dr Lola from M600PL would have been much better. What that therapist did was effectively corner Tammy and try to get her to justify her behavior in front of everyone (the audience). It was an awful strategy that immediately put Tammy on the defensive. I'd be curious to see how many people that therapist's approach would actually work on.
No. Tammy is dying because the adults in her life (mom, dad, grandparents, etc.,.) failed to provide the right nutrition, medical care, and emotionally healthy environment for a child to grow up in. That's why ALL of that family is hefty plus. Tammy is dying because her family fed her like an elephant and Tammy didn't have the self-restraint or respect to control herself. She's fat because she's a lazy, entitled, spoiled brat who doesn't REALLY want to live. She's depressed and, frankly, that whole family seems to be undereducated and unmotivated.
I think it would be enough just to stop reforming the world and making everyone cater to obeasts. Obeasts are the way they are in large part due to them taking the path of least resistance. If we stopped up-sizing all western chairs, that alone would make a massive impact. Couches, computer chairs, recliners, car seats, bus seats, plane seats, benches, dining chairs, etc. Making everything big enough to accommodate them and making slim people pay extra to subsidize them is, IMO, the #1 contributing factor to obesity rather than the accessibility of cheap, shitty, fattening foods, which I think stands in second place. If we stopped paying for them to be the way they are, only the very rich would have the ability to exist as massive fatfucks. Plenty of high-calorie foods don't have corn syrup or cane sugar.
Giving a crackhead money in front of a TV crew isn't virtuous.
There's a level of truth to this that I really hadn't thought about. When I think about some of the deathfats I've seen on television or in life, I always have the same thought: "what if a trainer and a therapist had intervened or been made available when they were teens?" Like, we could avoid all most of the diseases/disabilities that make them eligible for "permanent disabled" status if we'd got in early enough and provided better care. Sure, provided REAL therapists, counsellors, nutritionists, and sports/activities at school is pricy...but, when I add up the costs of retrofitting the world to fit them and the costs for their medical care and needs where they're NOT productive members of society, I feel like I'd rather pay to make sure every kid has a base level of care as a preventative measure.
It’s actually the most brilliant thing she’s ever done, albeit likely subconsciously: making them change her shitty diapers is perfect revenge for all the pile-ons that never did anything but make the siblings feel superior to her. Now that’s what I call passive aggression!
Totally agree, I got a really weird vibe during that scene. It was like the therapist had seen the show or seen social media talk about Tammy or (most likely) that the TLC people told her about Tammy in advance. She started challenging Tammy way too early for a normal therapist, as if TLC pushed her to start shit for the show or like she just wanted to irritate Tammy. A good therapist could semi-effectively work with Tammy, but it would require some time to learn Tammy’s quirks and build some rapport, then challenging Tammy’s behavior directly. Therapists are also taught not to ask “why” someone is doing something because it makes people defensive, and you have to have a good working relationship before you can do things like that. She pushed Tammy’s buttons in such a laser-focused way that I think someone was trying to stir the pot.
Then that shrink should have her license revoked. You don’t traumatize and antagonize a new patient over some session cap. It’s like a surgeon removing multiple organs because insurance won’t pay him for the time it takes to figure out which one is cancerous. Fucking stupid.
