Chronic depression (have you ever been tested? You may be surprised how many morbidly obese are depressed and don't even know it) Diabetes, High blood pressure, Joint degeneration you'd expect to see in a much older person, Heart congestion And then of course (I'm really putting myself-out-there right now by saying this): I have problems with personal hygeine I look fat and ugly in no matter what I wear I'm ashamed of what I've let my body become and as a result I've let many of my friendships die due to embarrassment What about you? Do you relate to anything I'm saying? My mother, bless-her-heart, was herself heart-broken to see me so sad and depressed, she somehow feels responsible. And so she said this. Maybe (Or Maybe Not) The Solution To Your Soul-Destroying Weight Problem Is. Weight Loss Surgery . Immediately after my mother said that, these thoughts went through my head: Can't you die from weight loss surgery? What the heck, I'm probably gonna die young anyway, may as well be on the operating table. But hang on, I know a couple that had weight loss surgery and they look like 'walking-corpses', I think I'd rather be fat. Actually, that's not true for everyone ...