General information about questions before and after stomach surgery. What should you do before and after?
What is a Psychologist?
Only those who have graduated from a psychology “undergraduate” program can use the title of psychologist. Psychologists are professionals who examine the individual’s individual and social attitudes, behaviors, thinking and emotional states; and who base their behavior and mental processes on scientific definitions and explanations.
What are the Recurring Factors in the Weight Gain-Loss Cycle?
There may be a repetition of the emotional world in the gain-loss cycle. Neglect, worthlessness, lack of love, being ignored, violence, and contempt may manifest themselves through the relationship established with nutrition and food.
Why Do I Have to Think About My Psychology Even Though I Have Reached the Targeted Weight?
It is very important to follow the individual’s feelings, decide whether that feeling of hunger is real physical hunger or emotional hunger, and if it is real hunger, create and monitor the appropriate content to meet this need. In order to carry out all these, it is necessary to monitor and follow the symptoms in the body and changes in mood. To summarize, a person needs to get closer to themselves, be with themselves, and not put other things between themselves and themselves. Putting something else between themselves and themselves causes the person to distance themselves from what they feel, what they need, what they think, and what the things they experience mean to them.
What are the Reasons Why We Talk About Other Topics in the Therapy I Go to Before/After Bariatric Surgery?
In the collaboration between the psychologist and the client, rather than losing weight faster or more; the aim is to establish a realistic, healthy perspective on the body and food, to discover how the issues related to the person’s spirituality manifest themselves through eating behavior, and to embrace the real issue.
What are the Reasons for My Emotional Eating Increases After Surgery?
Emotional eating behavior is an eating behavior used to restrain or reduce emotions in the face of negative emotions. There are some situations that trigger emotional eating behavior. These triggering situations are generally eating in order to regulate negative emotions and negative feelings. These situations mentioned emerge as emotional eating behavior.
Can a Family Shape a Child’s Eating Behavior?
During the child’s development, situations such as the mother or father being manipulative, restrictive, violating the child’s boundaries, being overprotective, being overly distant, and the mother or father projecting their own problems onto the child and expecting emotional support from the child shape the child’s relationship with food.
What Awaits Me in the First 6 Months After Surgery?
This process is called the honeymoon period. It can be said that rapid and effective weight loss is possible during this period. However, sometimes incorrect eating behaviors may recur.
Will You Apply Psychological Tests to Me?
Yes. I will determine the appropriate scale(s) for you and ask you to apply the scales according to the instructions.
I do not feel psychologically ready for surgery. What should I do?
The pre-operative dietician and psychologist interviews are parts of the mental preparation process. The person considering surgery may have some impressions and concerns about the pre- and post-operative period. Clarifying these and correcting misconceptions are important for a comfortable surgical process.
