Dr Jackie is Orthorexic
I am watching MtM for the first time and as someone with an eating disorder, it has never been more obvious to me that someone is suffering from orthorexia. I understand that breast cancer terrified her, and honestly there usually is trauma that leads to an ED and this is textbook orthorexia. She is OBSESSED with being healthy every minute of the day. The way that she police’s not just herself but everyone else about their weight and eating habits is HORRIBLE. She is absolutely an almond mom, telling her step daughter about every single thing being “fattening”. Why do people let her get away with constantly fat policing and shaming other people on the grounds that she’s a doctor? It’s so fucking disrespectful and completely lacks the nuance and understanding of how difficult it is for people to lose weight. She herself has an obsessive, compulsive mindset around food and her health. It is genuinely concerning and the policing other people because of it, is realllyyyyyy starting to piss me tf off and is overshadowing the empathy I have for her.