This conversation keeps popping up in conversations within a whats app group with some very close friends. I am not sure why I have decided to share it, I think the situation is starting to concern me because I worry about the effect these “helpful” inventions might have for future generations. As well as the mental health issues connected to this type of addiction and the consequences of which will be experienced byt hese women’s daughters.
” Today, a normally chilled out friend said that she took it because she gained weight after antidepressants.. she never even told her husband.. she said that almost everyone at her work is on it.”
“Then I found out that another friend, who is very sporty and fit, but wanted to be very thin, was also using it.”
Me: I heard that one of the side effects of Ozempic is sudden loss of vision. It’s incredible how much “being very thin” means to people, as if it determines/makes them a better person or something… personally I think it’s usually rooted in childhood issues, problems with relationships, lack of acceptance and love, a general lifelong feeling of “I’m not good enough.”
“Ot’s about pharma focus on making more money – this should be banned unless you have very specific health reasons, but of course profit over everything. My friend says the side effects are terrible: complete addiction, hiding it from her husband, it’s mega expensive, so it’s starting to have a big impact on their budget. Her self-worth now only depends on how much she’s lost weight, which is very sad… and that is linked, of course, to the fact that women still feel the pressure to look a certain way to be worthy.”
“I wouldn’t even expect it from her because she seems like such a super normal, chilled girl (although she said she has to take antidepressants forever now, so I don’t really know her whole story). She used to stop before… but overall, she’s very slim now, really slim.”
I don’t even know what to think about all this. I’m devastated that the obsession with bodies and specific “look” and weight, still seems to be one of the biggest concerns on women’s minds, especially the group of wealty, well-off, wifes of rich husbands, who can afford it. I’m interested in researching what percentage of men has a similar problem, as well as women from less priviliged backgrounds, where they can’t afford such products.