My husband lost a lot of weight after his health scare and everyone praises him, but I've watched him become obsessed with the scale and exercise in ways that worry me, and when I try to talk to him about balance he thinks I'm undermining his progress. I want to support his health without enabling what feels like it's becoming disordered, but I don't know how to have that conversation.
More people experience this than they realize.
Health motivation has crossed into compulsive territory and the witness doesn't know how to intervene without seeming unsupportive.
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