- Dołączono
- 19 Gru 2018
It's not just that she's dwelling on the negative aspects of her past either, she's dwelling on the positives as well. She lives in the past because honestly the Amber of the past was in a better situation than the Amber of the present (not counting the foster care/possible abuse). I mean think about it, she was skinnier, she was able to lose weight at one point, she had a girlfriend that was lively and wanted to go out and do things with her, she had reasons to leave the house, and her health wasn't nearly as bad. Her present reality is the fact that she's 600 pounds, dealing with health issues that could kill her, she's likely constantly in pain, her girlfriend is basically a vegetable, she can't stop gaining weight, and she has no reason to get out of the house other than to buy food. The only thing she has is money. That's sad, and I think anyone in that position would want to think about anything but the situation they're in.Therapy would be tough to work for Amber, at least the methods like CBT/DBT/Polyvagal stuff used today.
They'd try to get her to stop thinking about her past and focus on the present... but, the problem is her present is so uniquely fucked up that where do you start convincing Amber to change. Her entire worth is based on being a 600 lb fat blob.
I guess any normal adult would recognize that they've done this to themselves and make the steps to improve after coming to terms with the state of their life, but in true Amberlynn fashion, she just buys more journals to write down the resolutions she'll never actually achieve.