Gracefulheart

Hi there, I am sympathetic - it can be alarming to have emotions spilling out all over the place. And at the same time it is not surprising - when you take the lid off, that all those emotions come up looking for attention and expression. So be patient and kind to yourself - it will get easier. Two suggestions - one is give those emotions some space and attention to come up - tell a friend, write about them or have a cry without worrying about it. The other suggestion is to get a hold of the book "Mindfulness for Dummies". There are a lot of useful exercises in it about how to just be with yourself and stay present to what is going on as a way of calming down.

Hi, I'm an Irish counsellor living in Canada who works with quite a few women here who have had lapband and other kinds of weight loss surgery. I do workshops and groups as well as individual work to help people with the emotional challenges after surgery. I was looking around Lapbandtalk this eve and was pleased to see there was an Irish section. I am really interested to know what is going on in Ireland around bariatric surgery and supports. Here in Victoria BC there are three main surgeons doing weight loss surgery and they are very busy. The governement pays for some gastric bypass surgeries but the waitlist is about five years. For lapbanders it is much quicker because they pay for it themselves. So I'm interested to know what if any emotional supports there are for people who are preparing for or have had weight loss surgery in Ireland. As one of the surgeons says here, he operates on the abdomen not the brain and as we all know, old habits aren't easy to change. This is my first posting on this website Grace