Fat Poseurs and Mental Health Hi all.  So, after spending my day off from work dealing with an exceptionally bad anxiety episode, I wanted to share something that really pisses me off about fat people. The ones who claim that they're suffering from clinical depression and blame that on their weight gain.  And I've seen this, first-hand, in the case of two of my step-sisters, one a reformed ham and the other continually expanding like a dying sun.  What bothers me most about this is that I've battled anxiety and depression issues my entire teenage and adult life, so I know depression doesn't make you hungry.  I know the feeling of deep self-apathy that comes with depression, and how you don't feel like eating - not because of the anxiety-driven butterflies in your stomach that makes you feel like you'd throw up whatever you eat, you just experience a loss of appetite. When you're actually depressed, nothing feels good, and if eating your way out of feeling miserable, I'd suggest that you're actually just feeling a healthy dose of self-pity over how disgusting you've made yourself.