Dr Yalom Analysis

Outraged! After reading Dr. Yalom’s description in regards to his strong hatred toward obese people. “...absurd sidewise waddle,” “...avalanche of flesh,” and his mind yelling, “Stop stuffing yourself! Haven’t you had enough, for Chrissakes?” (97-98). As well as disappointment, knowing a licensed therapist can be bias and prejudice. I was once obese, after I gave birth to my son. I weighted close to 200 pounds and always been chubby all through my childhood. I recall being stared out when eating out with my family. People’s eyes widen while I ate my adult size burger. It was painful, but I love to eat. I bet those people who stared down on me felt the same way Dr. Yalom’s did in this chapter of “Fat Lady.” Dr. Yalom is judgmental, disrespectful and unprofessional in
She further explained the fear she has when the flame became smaller and smaller, as she knew it was the end for her. Dr. Yalmon’s interpreted by stating that the candle was her, Betty is afraid to lose weight because she believes it can susceptible to cancer, like her father. “...she had watched her father shrink from an obese man to a skeleton wrapped in great folds of spare skin” (108). As a little girl, it was traumatic to see her father change before her eyes, vulnerable and weak. Another dream, consisted of Betty hiring painters to paint outside trim of the house but found one painter inside of her home. She asked what he was doing and he replies, “He said it was bacteria and added they had been in the kitchen culturing deadly bacteria” (117). Dr Yalom’s analysis to this dream was that the painter-therapist (himself) had spread death (bacteria) of her father and Betty’s into her home. My interpretation on this dream was that the exterior of the home is Betty’s physical appearance and the interior of it was her inner feelings-is where the source of the problem