Question:
Has anyone had emotional issues a year out from surgery?

I have been very emotional lately. Much, much more than normal. My therapist told me that emotions can be held in the cells and that I may be hitting a "pocket" of held in emotions that may have been there for years. Has anyone else heard of or experienced this?    — smatney (posted on February 26, 2002)

February 26, 2002
Yes! yes! yes!, lots of hormones are stored in fat- so while you lose your going to expirience emotional ups & downs... sexual (libido!) highs and lows- this is normal- just try not to make any drastic changes (no affairs or haircuts!!!) while expiriencing them! As they soon fade. You Post-Ops- recognize that this WILL happen! I tend to figure this out whilst blubbering uncontrollably- but then that tends to take whatever I am emotional about - down a few notches, and I relax. Once I see I could be having one of those "moments" I recognize it for what it is- and try and relax about the situation. Drink some water, I'll take an extra Prozac (Dr said it was OK) a midol or pamprin and gel out a bit....
   — Karen R.

February 26, 2002
yes my therapist said that as we lose weight emotions start showing themselves such as past traumas or episodes that we have locked away and built a wall of fat around so that we didn't have to deal with them then. Now that the wall is coming down or is down emotions will appear you never knew you had.
   — [Anonymous]