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Food for Thought: The Link Between Diet and Mental Health - Part 2
Grab your headphones and get ready to explore the crucial link between diet and mental health. In this engaging episode, we dissect how what you eat can profoundly influence your mood and wellbeing. From the essential benefits of eating fresh, unprocessed foods to the importance of socializing over meals, we cover a broad spectrum of topics designed to enhance your understanding of diet.
We dive into the connections between comfort foods, emotional wellbeing, and their roots in childhood experiences, exploring how food can often serve as a coping mechanism. Attention is also devoted to critical discussions about eating disorders, providing listeners with vital information on how to seek help for themselves or their loved ones if needed.
To wrap things up, we share practical, actionable tips for mindful eating, meal planning, and creating a healthier relationship with food while still enjoying the treats you love. This episode is rich with insights as we work together to cultivate a balanced, nourishing approach to our diets, enhancing overall mental wellbeing. Don't miss out! Join the conversation and transform your eating habits into a powerful tool for a better life. Subscribe now and let’s journey towards wellness together!
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David Wright: 0:00
In this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist Podcast, we're back with part two of diet and mental health. If you haven't listened to the first episode, jump back one episode or you can just listen to it after you're done with this one. But this is part two of diet and mental health and again, as usual, stick around, we're giving away free stuff. Hang in there, folks, we'll be right back.
Announcer: 0:21
This sounds like something for the authorities in Detroit. Well, joke's on you. I'm living to 102 and then dying at the city of Detroit.
Matt Fox: 0:30
Guys like this can't take over here. Out of Detroit Spawned in the hellfires of Motown.
David Wright: 0:36
Take him to.
Matt Fox: 0:36
Detroit.
Announcer: 0:38
No, no, not Detroit, no, no, please Anything, but that no, stationed in Drambuie, it's worse than Detroit. We did not have, as a unit, the confidence that we felt like we needed to beat Detroit. Let's go to Detroit. Now you're talking brother. I don't think so. He plays for Detroit now. Do they have many farms in Detroit?
Matt Fox: 1:02
Detroit to Michigan. I go to school. I know where Detroit is.
Announcer: 1:06
Get ready for the Motor City hypnotist, David R Wright. Originating from the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, he has hypnotized thousands of people from all over the United States. David R Wright has been featured on news outlets all across the country and is the clinical director of an outpatient mental health and hypnosis clinic located just south of Detroit, where he helps people daily using the power of hypnosis. David R Wright.
David Wright: 1:53
What is going on, my friends? This is David Wright, the Motor City Hypnotist, and we're back with another episode of the Motor City Hypnotist podcast. Once again, here we are, once again, again. That is matt fox, the other voice you hear. Yes, it is. He's hanging out, uh, with me on a monday evening doing a podcast, enjoying a beverage, and uh, you know, life is good no caffeine beverage at that no, absolutely. Yeah, you won't have any issue sleeping with that one no, not at all maybe no, depends, oh no okay oh no, this is a night, this is a nightcap.
Matt Fox: 2:23
We, we're good.
David Wright: 2:23
Fantastic. So let me tell you first of all, folks, where you can find me. My website is MotorCityHypnotistcom. Check that out, especially now if you're in a parent committee that's looking for a hypnosis show for your post-prom party or your grad night party. We're filling it up fast. Now's the time to look. Go to my website, motorcityhypnotistcom. Slash shows. You can get your quote and book it within minutes without even talking to anyone. If you didn't want to Now, you can talk to somebody. If you'd like, you can call and talk to us. That's great too, but dates are filling up quick. So it's important if you have a show that you need for your prom night or your grad night. Now's the time, because we're a month away from the season starting. In fact, a month and a week I'm down in Florida for my gig at University of Florida.
Matt Fox: 3:15
Go Gators, by the way, if you're listening.
David Wright: 3:18
But I'll be there with your thousands of kids in the basketball arena and we'll have a good time. This will be your third or fourth year, Probably fourth or fifth time.
Matt Fox: 3:27
Fourth time, I think. Well, make everyone think it's your seventh or eighth.
David Wright: 3:30
Yeah, it could be. I've been here forever. I'm ageless. It's crazy. So my social media links are Facebook and YouTube are both Motor City Hypnotist, and Snapchat, instagram and TikTok are Motor City Hypno H-Y-P-N-O. Hey, dave, you know what joke we?
Matt Fox: 3:48
haven't told in a while. No, what's that? What game do hypnotists play?
David Wright: 3:56
Oh, oh oh. They play Hungry, hungry Hypnos. That's correct. What the fuck are you doing?
Announcer: 4:04
I'm listening to you no more never asked you to.
David Wright: 4:07
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David Wright: 4:54
Yeah, because they all need it. Yeah, absolutely. Everyone needs to know all righty, it's time here we go that's how winning is done. All right, what do we got? What do we got? All righty, I love this story. It's just funny it is to me all right, go on.
David Wright: 5:18
From pennsylvania comes the story of a sweet old neighbor lighting up social media with his quirky annual tradition. Okay, recounted to the Washington Post by local Michelle Hernandez. One morning, whilst she was working from home, 87-year-old Doug Turner rang her doorbell. Okay, doug, what do you want? Having only moved to the neighborhood in Bucks County five months ago, hernandez had seen Turner merely a few times. On the street he was holding a piece of paper in his hand. Hi, I'm Doug. Across the street I live over there in that house. There, turner said, this is an invite to a party I'm having on February 15th. I didn't want to leave it in your mailbox.
David Wright: 6:04
Because that's a federal offense thanking the senior and going back inside, hernandez unfolded the paper invitation with a hand-drawn snowflake over the words a celebration of winter, 4 pm, until the cops arrive hey, sign me up for that.
Matt Fox: 6:23
That, that sounds like fun.
David Wright: 6:25
This 87 year old dude has given out invitations. Time of the party is 4 pm.
Matt Fox: 6:30
Until the cops arrive, hey that's, you gotta have goals at 87.
David Wright: 6:34
Just saying hernandez thought it was just so sweet and posted a clip of their interaction that had been caught on her ring camera on tiktok, where it went viral and accumulated over 2 million views Of those 2 million views who showed up to the party? That's what I'm wondering. Yes, a follow-up to that in which Hernandez read the letter out loud, made another million, with hundreds of commenters urging her to RSVP. Yes, to show up to the party. Well, no urging her to say yes to the party because she got the invite.
Matt Fox: 7:09
I see, I see.
David Wright: 7:10
Okay. Turner has lived on the street for 16 years but has moved around a lot in his life. He and his departed wife used to host these sores every year to keep friendships percolating. My wife is gone now so it gives me something to keep me busy, said Turner. Okay, dad is way more social than she is despite his advanced age. He's way more social and has way more friends than I do. She said he doesn't just sit around, he's actively having people over for dinner, or he's going to theater or to lunch. He's always out there doing things. Good. Though the millions delighting in turner's vivacity weren't able to attend his party, his daughter offered them a mailbox address where they could send letters to her dad if they wished. Dozens have already arrived. Turner loves penmanship and letter writing and maintains about five written correspondences, so he was certainly charmed when he heard people would be taking the time to write him.
Matt Fox: 8:21
Wow, good for him. He's got to do something At 87?
David Wright: 8:25
at 87, 87, having a party. Yeah, hey, it'll end when the cops arrive, right, fantastic?
Matt Fox: 8:31
So he said, putting everyone in one room and just hopefully they meet each.
David Wright: 8:35
So they get to know each other.
Matt Fox: 8:36
Yeah, that kind of reminds me of a movie from the eighties, and it's revenge of the nerds yes where they're all sitting around a room and it was the music that got everyone going and a special thing that that booger brought up.
David Wright: 8:53
Yes, yes, absolutely.
Matt Fox: 8:54
I just I could just imagine I was sitting around listening someone play the violin you want to see a picture of doug?
David Wright: 8:59
yeah, let's see a picture of doug doug there you go, douglas.
Matt Fox: 9:03
Ah, hey, what's up? Mustache, don't call me mustache, don't call me mustache.
David Wright: 9:09
Okay, mustache, okay mustache For those of you on Facebook Live. I'm holding a picture of Doug right up to the camera. Yeah there you go. Those of you listening to audio, go to my Facebook page, motor City Hypnotist, and you can watch this episode and see Doug. Yeah, there it is Handing out invitations. Good for him, I gotta stay busy. So definitely, doug Turner, he wants to have a good time. Fantastic Wants to throw a party. Definitely winner of the week.
Matt Fox: 9:39
That's how winning is done. Dude, you are so on camera. Yes, I know I was trying to get out.
David Wright: 9:44
I just had to blow my nose a little bit. You're good, sorry.
Matt Fox: 9:48
So tradition. One of the things I liked about that story Go ahead, hit the button. So back to it. One of the things I liked about that story, dave, is the tradition he had with his wife yes, who's no longer with him? Correct and with correct, and he's keeping up because that makes him feel like she is still with him. I I saw a post and it was a sandwich in a in a uh sandwich bag and there was a bite out of it. And a long time ago, wife made a sandwich for her husband and she took a bite out of it. And when the husband got home that evening he he says hey, somebody took a bite out of my sandwich while I was at work today. And she goes that was me, because I wanted you to feel like I was there with you.
Matt Fox: 10:32
So for the rest of their marriage that's what they did, that's what she did, which she always took a bite out of her, out of his sandwich, just to say, hey, I'm there with you, and that's just. The tradition just lived on. So, this tradition that he's keeping going is great yeah absolutely good I.
David Wright: 10:48
I love that story. Thank you for sharing. No, it's, it's. I always love, like nice stories especially with. You know, we love old people, we love animals, we, I mean, we love a lot of people yeah, we, just, we really enjoy the good in people and not not you.
Matt Fox: 11:03
you know, hooligans, this sounds like something for the authorities in Detroit the joke's on you.
David Wright: 11:11
I'm living to 102. I hit the wrong button.
Matt Fox: 11:13
It'll go away.
David Wright: 11:15
So we are back to diet and mental health. This is part two. Now, if you didn't hear part one, you can jump back an episode and join us, but but or just go back after we're done here, because you'll get it all. You'll get all the information. So we talked about in the first episode, really, how diet and mental health are linked. We talked about eating regularly, staying hydrated, eating the right balance of fats, including more whole grains, uh, look after your gut health and then be aware of how caffeine affects you.
David Wright: 11:44
So the question comes up from from even just clients and what? Well, what should I eat? That that's kind of the big question. And people are like, well, what's good and what's not? What should I eat? Okay, so there is a, there's a, there's a lot of information, a lot of studies done out there, all right, and I'm going to give you that kind of a consensus view of what, what you should be eating, okay, um, big, here. Here's one of the big things as far as eating something, that is I'm gonna say it this way Fresh foods are always best, okay.
Matt Fox: 12:26
Unprocessed.
David Wright: 12:27
Unprocessed foods. Fresh foods, you know. Fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, meats that are, you know, high in protein, yeah. So when I say what should I eat? There are tons of things, as long as it's fresh. That is what you kind of have to think about. I don't care if it's whatever it is, but no pre-processed packaged foods. That's the worst thing for you as far as mental health goes.
Matt Fox: 12:57
So let me ask you this question. You go to the grocery store and you're looking for things that are not processed, that are fresh, yes. So do you go to the frozen section and get your chicken breasts right, you could do that or do you go up to the deli counter, or the butcher, if you will, and get something that is not frozen that you will consume in the next couple of days, or you can freeze it yourself to consume within that week.
David Wright: 13:23
Okay. So here's the thing if you're getting something at the deli counter, make sure it's actual meat, not lunch meat. Okay, lunch meat is one of the worst things you can eat. See, lunch meat the the in the package.
Matt Fox: 13:37
Right, that that's the process.
David Wright: 13:38
Well, even, even at, even at the deli, really, when they slice it up on that big thing, that's all that is, and I don't. I don't want to burst people's bubbles here or or disappoint them, but those big chunks of meat, that's not, that's not one piece of meat, that's all. That's ground up, stuff that has been packed together into a form and then they cut it up are you telling me those are lips and assholes?
Matt Fox: 14:03
yes, yes, pretty much yes, all right.
David Wright: 14:07
Lunch meat is highly processed, one of the most processed things there are okay I'm I'm going to throw up go on. Yeah, you'd be better. Better off eating peanut butter and jelly, even though that is processed you got your protein and peanut butter correct and again you can get. You can get um organic peanut butter and jelly, things that don't have the added preservatives that makes me want to throw up again.
Matt Fox: 14:35
I know, I know it's crazy.
David Wright: 14:37
I don't want to stir my peanut butter because the oil oh, no, but that, but the fresh, that like that, the straight peanut butter, with no additives, no preservatives that does get the liquid.
Announcer: 14:47
You got to stir it up. Sorry, jeff, I'm sorry.
David Wright: 14:52
That's just the way it is. Well, and the other thing, too, is that a lot of foods have interactions with medications, yes, so, for example, grapefruit has a lot of interactions with certain medications, you can't drink it, so just be prepared, even if it's fresh foods. Just make sure, if you are on medications, that there's no interactions with that. So look into that first.
Matt Fox: 15:14
I have a question for you, but later. Just ask me later about late night snacking.
David Wright: 15:19
So Matt brought up in last episode, I believe it was you know, when you go to the, a restaurant or you go to theater and you have, if you're with someone or you're having a meal with family, the environment, the environment. So here's the thing having having meals with loved ones or or friends or acquaintances, even it has a ton of psychological and social benefits because it gives us a like it's, it's like a regular thing. You're eating, you're talking, you're connected biologically. Eating when you're sitting up in a chair and talking to people helps with digestion. Yeah, because there's no rush, you're not by yourself, just eating your food.
Matt Fox: 16:05
That that that tends to be a problem with a lot of folks, because they, they they've got their, their system down because they're used to eating, maybe alone. And they just eat, eat, eat and then they're done. Yep, but when it comes to that social interaction, they still have that mantra of eat, eat, eat, but everyone else is talking and they're not even halfway done with their meal.
David Wright: 16:27
I tend to have that problem. David, I have this problem. And my son and just as disclosure, my son's 22 years old Okay, since he was a baby, and you'll get it when I say this when you have a newborn that doesn't sleep for the first year of their life, three minutes is like an eternity. It's like, oh my God, I get three minutes and you end up eating quicker because you don't know how much time you have. And, matt, I'm not kidding you, it's been 22 years, I still eat fast. I just got into that mindset and it's automatic.
Matt Fox: 17:03
So have you tried to break that cycle I?
David Wright: 17:06
have been trying to be more mindful when I'm eating it, like, okay, I can take a bite and put it down, sure, I don't need to just plow through it, right and no, no, and that's fair, I know it's, it's crazy, it's uh, you know, over the past, number of oh great odin's raven over the past three years it's been, you know, kind of not mind-blowing but a more mindfulness of you know, I want to enjoy the company that I'm with, but I'm hungry, but I just want to eat and get it over with.
Matt Fox: 17:39
But I want to enjoy the company that I'm with. I don't want to have to sit there and watch them eat.
David Wright: 17:43
Well and that's the whole idea of eating with people is is that if you're with a group of people and you're having conversation, it automatically slows down the process of eating, and it's not intentional, it just happens because you're having a conversation. But if you take a bite.
Matt Fox: 18:00
You're in a group of people and they're talking about something that you really don't have an opinion about or you really can't offer to the conversation. What else are you going to do?
David Wright: 18:07
Let your food get cold. Yeah, see, that's the other thing too. Do let your food get cold, yeah, yeah, see. Well, see, that's the other thing too. I mean, you want each food when it's warm or hot.
Matt Fox: 18:16
I, I get that part, okay so no, but besides that, I, I totally understand. It's the, the, the slowness of slowing down when you eat.
David Wright: 18:22
Yes, just just being aware and enjoying it, because because eating has become something that we have to do for a lot of people. I have to do this to survive, but you're not really enjoying the process and it is just a slowdown. And I've even especially people who are looking to manage their weight or lose weight. This is a key thing that be aware of yourself when you're eating. Not just it's easy to get blind to what's happening or just not be aware and you're just shoveling food in right, it's, and a lot of that goes to portion control, right?
Matt Fox: 19:01
so a lot of that also the speed and the speed. But you know, thanksgiving, you brought that up earlier they'll pile their plate up with everything and then they'll just scarf it down. Then they don't feel well. But if you just small portions maybe three or four items instead of all eight, you know.
David Wright: 19:20
And there's an interesting psychological phenomenon to this, because a lot of us have been raised and I had grandparents. Well, my grandfather, in particular, he was the one where eat what's on your plate. While my grandfather, in particular, he was the one where eat what's on your plate Didn't matter if it was, if it was like just a tiny speck of food, or if it was a full plate overflowing of food. You had to finish the plate, no matter what.
Matt Fox: 19:41
As you know, growing up, you know, with my father from the ages of one through six, and long story, he's still with me. He's amazing, he's an amazing individual, but he always he's still with me.
David Wright: 19:49
He's an amazing individual.
Matt Fox: 19:50
He always had the same. He would say eat every carrot and pee on your plate. Yeah, and the literal side.
David Wright: 20:01
What in blazes are you talking about? No, I get it. I actually just do it once. He would never say it again. It's crazy.
David Wright: 20:10
It's like when the parent says, uh, don't make me come back there, yeah, right, and the kid says, I dare you, uh, oh yeah so, so again, eating with other people will slow you down, and when I do hypnosis with clients for for the, the, the, uh, the goal of weight loss, sure, these are the suggestions I give. You'll take a bite and put your utensil down and you will count to 20.
Matt Fox: 20:36
And as you chew, as you chew, because the more you chew, the better digestion you're going to get and the slower you eat.
David Wright: 20:42
Yes, and, and your, your. Your digestive system is is just able to to handle that more efficiently.
Matt Fox: 20:48
So it's going to take you a day to eat an entire large pizza, you'll feel good.
David Wright: 20:56
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. You might be hungry afterwards. But so the other thing that comes into play when you're talking about mental health and food and unfortunately this comes with it it's eating disorders. So a lot of times people have this, this and I'll just say, skewed view in their mind of what food is and what it's for. Okay, and when I say skewed, it's, it's this a lot of times people use food as a coping mechanism, and a lot of times it comes from childhood, of course, because a lot of times and and again I'll give you a real life examples so my parents were divorced when I was eight. So my brother and I, my brother and I are twins. By the way, you probably knew that from going. I did know that.
David Wright: 21:37
So so it was my, my two sisters that already moved out and moved on or whatever, but it was me and my brother. So every time my mom would go out, she would bring us home a treat, and the treat typically would be a candy bar, okay, but that was kind of like our reward. So we would look forward to this all the time, every time she went out for putting yourselves to bed, getting yourself homework done, just just yeah just kind of.
David Wright: 21:59
Just kind of the reward for hey, here here you go, here's a treat, and and and. Yes, that that in and of itself is not a bad thing. However, we're we're now getting the connection that treats mean love. That's the connection that stays. Now, as you get into independence, into adulthood, you still have that connection. Oh, a Kit Kat means love. I like Kit Kats and then that's where you get your comfort from.
Matt Fox: 22:30
What about a Butterfinger?
David Wright: 22:31
That too Butterfinger, that too Butterfinger.
Matt Fox: 22:32
I love Butterfingers.
David Wright: 22:33
There you go. Yeah, you know what I had the other day. What'd? You have Zagnut. Oh my God, hey Bear, you want a Zagnut, here you go, here you go.
Announcer: 22:44
A little Zagnut. I ain't listening to you, no more how about how about a charleston chew.
David Wright: 22:49
Oh my gosh, you know what I miss. I know we're way off topic. They're good marathon bars. Never heard of them. No, are you serious? Very, they were braided chocolate. It was like braided chocolate and it was like it was like a foot long. Okay, so I I'm sure the reason they went out of business is because they couldn't place it, like the placement wouldn't work. Okay, you know what I'm saying. You know what it is these days for kids are you?
Matt Fox: 23:13
talking about. You know what it is for kids these days? No, it's kinder.
David Wright: 23:18
The kinder bueno yeah that that is just taking kids over, oh, okay, but the marathon bar was like this braided caramel with chocolate in it, and the reason I remember this so well is because I loved him as a kid and I remember walking home. I was probably in fifth or sixth grade. Okay, there's a corner store right by our school, so we stopped by there and get our candy on the way home, okay, and I had a marathon bar. I'm chomping that. I'm walking home, I'm chewing my marathon bar. All of a sudden I'm like, ah, did you pull my tooth out?
Matt Fox: 23:48
was it a baby tooth?
David Wright: 23:52
Yes, because I was in fifth grade fourth or fifth grade.
Matt Fox: 23:57
So you lost the molar, yeah, the molar came out with the marathon bar.
David Wright: 24:02
That's my memory of marathon bars.
Announcer: 24:05
But, anyway.
David Wright: 24:05
So there are mental links to food which bring us comfort, especially if you're growing up and your mom cooks for you and she's a loving mom. Anyway we get this mental connection with food that makes us feel good, or we use food to combat these mental issues, feelings, these negative feelings.
Matt Fox: 24:30
Is that where your late night snacking would come in? Because that's the question I wanted to ask you was what food should you eat if you have a late night hunkering?
David Wright: 24:41
I would say eat something like nuts or berries or fruit. Sure, anything like that is going to be your best bet. So Cheez-Its are out? Yeah, probably. Again, processed food. I mean, here's the thing I'm not saying never, ever eat processed food. I mean because I want to live in reality too, and I say this to clients all the time Don't limit yourself so that everything you eat you hate, because it's not going to last. Mentally, you're not going to be able to carry that through.
Matt Fox: 25:16
A lot of families dave in this day and age and growing up as well. They have a tradition of one night a week they will order out or there you go, or it's pizza night. Right, they'll get your dominoes, your caesars or your jets, or what have you, or your local pizza pizzeria that you're really like into they and you look forward to that.
David Wright: 25:31
That's part of that mental connection between the pleasure and the good thing with that is it's seen as, and especially if it's done that way, that it's a special occasion it's okay to do every once in a while. It's just not ideal to do every day.
Matt Fox: 25:50
And in this day and age it expensive. Well, that let's, let's be real right. Stuff today is really expensive. You order out or you go out to eat yours on a family of four. You're spending easily a ton of money 100 plus bucks, yeah, and if there are drinks involved, oh my god, uh-huh, yeah. So you have to mentally prepare yourself for what you're going to experience and what you want to get out of it.
David Wright: 26:14
So a lot of times, what happens with mental disorders regarding food, which would be anorexia bulimia To get?
Matt Fox: 26:22
back to the topic.
David Wright: 26:25
There's this emotional and psychological. I will call it a disconnect.
Matt Fox: 26:32
Is it a block?
David Wright: 26:33
With food. Okay, and especially so. Let me quickly explain very simply and there are a lot of nuances to this. But anorexia is the perception that you are overweight when you're really not, that you are overweight when you're really not. People can see themselves in the mirror and they see overweight, even though they look like a skeleton Right. It's a mental disorder.
Matt Fox: 27:02
You're not seeing yourself accurately when you see somebody, a picture of an individual who is suffering from a eating disorder like bulimia or anorexia. But bulimia, they, they. You just know that they are not healthy, but mentally they think they are big.
David Wright: 27:19
Well, with with anorexia, yeah, anorexia bulimia bulimia is is. Bulimia is a little bit different in that they binge and purge that's what they feel guilty, and then they purge okay, my, my taking all the food in, but then you're, you're expelling it, so you're not getting.
David Wright: 27:36
You're not getting what you need from it. And plus, think about it. If you're and I and I'm just going to be straightforward and and and blunt If you're vomiting four or five times a day, that's going to affect your, your esophagus, your teeth, your mouth. It's because of the acid because of the acid and that coming up, and that's not, it's just.
Matt Fox: 28:01
I know I'm a layman on this.
David Wright: 28:02
No, no, you're good, you're good.
Matt Fox: 28:04
And but I, you know, I've seen both go through that.
David Wright: 28:09
Well, you know, one of the most famous ones and for you young people out there you're probably not going to remember was Karen Carpenter. She was anorexic. That's where she died from and near the end of her life she looked skeletal. She was emaciated.
Matt Fox: 28:24
Yes, yeah, what do you do for somebody who you know? So what are resources that are?
David Wright: 28:31
out there for someone. So the biggest thing if you're suffering from a mental disorder like anorexia or bulimia, or you know someone who is, or you know somebody who is, it's vital if they get some sort of treatment. Now there are inpatient things for eating disorders, there's outpatient therapy for eating disorders, there's medications that could help. But the big thing is that if you're suffering from an eating disorder, that's a tough one because it's been ingrained over years.
Matt Fox: 29:00
Okay, so let's talk about the other side of the coin, folks that are overweight and they want to lose weight and they are going towards your Ozumpics and your Wigovis in the world and it's supposed to help them lose weight. Correct? What are?
David Wright: 29:15
what's that? Here's my view on that. As a clinician, as a therapist. I say to clients use whatever tools you can use to get where you want to be safely safely, because folks will you know, let's be honest, people will take advantage of it right, well, and it and again with the medications there. There is some form of governance on that, because you know especially something like wagovi or sexenda or one of the other ones that are that are alzheimer's same that you know.
David Wright: 29:46
They all work the same way and these drugs were originally just as a note, these drugs were originally developed to combat diabetes. That's what they were originally intended for, and this is the reason I have a lot of clients who have tried these medications or are on these medications and have had great success. The issue, though, is, because it's being used off-brand, that insurance companies are not covering it for the purpose of weight loss, because it's not used for the purpose that it is intended for Correct. And that's when they say off-brand.
Matt Fox: 30:32
Come on, can't you just tell the insurance company I'm diabetic?
David Wright: 30:37
Well see, that's kind of the fight that we have, and, as a mental health professional or a medical professional, insurance companies are just the worst. Sorry, sorry for you insurance people out there.
Matt Fox: 30:51
Insurance companies are just the worst. Sorry, sorry for you insurance people out there.
David Wright: 30:54
You saw the Dow this past week and it just took a dive because of a prominent. Yep, yep, absolutely. Absolutely so, if you're suffering from a eating disorder, whether that be anorexia or bulimia, it's vital that you get mental health help. Let me go back to my question.
Matt Fox: 31:12
Yes, you know someone who is going through that. What can you help them to understand or tell them to want?
David Wright: 31:19
to get help. See, that's the difficult thing, because their perception is their reality. Okay, so it has to be something that's encouraging. I would say that first of all because a lot of people will get. It's easy to get frustrated with people who don't want to listen.
Matt Fox: 31:35
And that's a given. Yes, that is a given. But you care for someone immensely and you want nothing but the best for them, and they're going through this challenge, this issue, and you know it's going to affect them long term.
David Wright: 31:49
There's got to be something that we can do as folks that care for this person well, I and I hate to say it this way, but oftentimes, just like we do a drug abuse, sometimes an intervention is needed, okay, and and that you know. And nobody likes that. Nobody wants to do that. Sure, but, however, because with eating disorders the the brain is not thinking correctly, it's not perceiving correctly. They can look in a mirror and see somebody who's fat and they're like 60 pounds. Right, the perception is not the reality. And that's the tough part, yeah, because it's hard to say to somebody oh, you're wrong, your thoughts are wrong, because they'll get defensive, they'll back away, sure.
Matt Fox: 32:36
It's a very difficult conversation to have. It is. But, you're being honest with them at least.
David Wright: 32:41
But as far as what to answer your question, matt, sometimes intervention is what is needed, okay, and there are inpatient facilities for eating disorders.
Matt Fox: 32:51
Is that something that your practice does deal with?
David Wright: 32:54
I mean I have seen clients with eating disorders, but we're an outpatient clinic so for somebody who's really seriously in it, they probably need a higher level of care than what an outpatient clinic can provide.
Matt Fox: 33:09
Okay.
David Wright: 33:10
And thank you for sharing. Yeah, absolutely, Absolutely. So the big thing out of this whole thing as far as diet and mental health is that the better you eat, the better you're going to feel. That's a very general statement, but put that in context of all the things we've talked about over the last two episodes.
Matt Fox: 33:27
And I'm going to. I'm going to spell a word yeah, c, h, e, a, t, cheat.
David Wright: 33:32
And I'm going to spell a word yeah, c-h-e-a-t Cheat. It's okay to have a cheat day. Here's the thing and this is where people get hung up. They'll make a resolution. I may have talked about a New Year's resolution. They'll just make a resolution. I'm going to lose 20 pounds. Okay, how Well? That's my first question. If I'm the therapist and a client says that to me, I'm like well, what's your plan? Well, I'm just going to eat less. I'm like no, that's way too general. You got to break it down and say I have three meals a day. This is what I'm going to eat to lose my weight. It's got to be specific and you got to put it down and you have to follow the structure. But meal prep takes so long. Here's the thing, and I say this let's go back to this. Episode was probably geez 200 episodes ago, maybe even more. We did an episode specifically on structure and scheduling. We did and how that can improve your mental health.
David Wright: 34:31
Put that in the context of eating and think the exact same thing If it's planned out. And here's the other thing this does. This is a byproduct, it's a side note that will help you Think about all the times you have had conversations with your partner or your family. What do you want for dinner?
Matt Fox: 34:51
I don't know what do you want.
David Wright: 34:52
I don't know what do you want and then it goes around and around and after 45 minutes you finally decide on something that not everybody wants, so somebody's pissed off and then you have to go out and get it. Typically it's not the best thing or the healthiest thing. Here's the thing. If that were to have been scheduled to say hey, it's thursday night, you know what tonight is? We're making spaghetti, whatever it is it it it just takes out so much of of of the conflict and and having that structure and that schedule helps you just be more, it just gives you, it just frees you up. You don't have to think. I love it. That that's the whole point of it is just follow the schedule, you don't have to think about it, and for your mental health that's fantastic whole point of it is just follow the schedule, you don't have to think about it, and for your mental health that's fantastic.
Matt Fox: 35:34
So many times. I know we're, I know we're writing.
David Wright: 35:37
No, no, you're good, you're good.
Matt Fox: 35:38
So many times it's been no, you pick, I don't care. Okay, we're getting Chinese. I don't want that?
David Wright: 35:43
No, that's exactly. That's it, matt. I have to say I'll make a generalization. Here it's typically the men who are saying how about this, how about this, how about this? Oh, we'll have this. And then the wife is usually no, I don't want that.
Matt Fox: 35:58
No, no, no no no.
David Wright: 36:00
And after five no's, then you ask her well, what do you want? I don't know. You pick.
Matt Fox: 36:06
Fine, you're getting ramen. Yeah, right, ramen it is here.
David Wright: 36:10
Here's some crackers, Some saltines.
Matt Fox: 36:12
Let's eat some fancy stuff. We're going to have some eggs, all right.
David Wright: 36:17
So, anyway, for those of you out there who want to improve your diet, to feel better, just start small. Just start by planning your meals and whether, as Matt said, I know meal prep Spend a Sunday, go back Meal prep. You don't even have to prep the meal, just prep your schedule on what you're going to eat.
Matt Fox: 36:37
Go back even further than that and make a grocery list, yep, and plan out the meals for the week, absolutely, and then grocery shop to that list.
David Wright: 36:47
Absolutely.
Matt Fox: 36:48
That's going to set your schedule, no-transcript it while you're hungry, go hungry. Thank you, you read my mind you.
David Wright: 37:23
You have a meal, have breakfast and then go or have lunch and then go yes, after church.
Matt Fox: 37:28
You just had a great big session of snacks and everything and with all the parishioners and next thing you know, you're at the grocery store and you're full because you ate all of the fixins which is fine, Don't?
David Wright: 37:40
yeah, you're right. Don't go when you're hungry. Correct, Alrighty folks. That is diet and the mental health Before we leave.
Matt Fox: 37:47
Oh, who is it? Wait, wait, wait, there you go, jack.
David Wright: 37:51
Jack. Jack needs a home. Okay, he's a mixed breed male. Okay, he'll be about 50 pounds. He's dog friendly, cat friendly Unknown. Okay, kid friendly yes. Activity level medium to high.
Matt Fox: 38:04
So before you turn that picture around, yes, I just see the back, see the the. Oh, you can see the back there. Yeah, he looks. He said mixed breed. Yep, move your, move your hand. I I see beagle kind of. Yeah, I see a beagle. I do see that in the nose, in the ears, yep, so go ahead and turn it around. Let's see what we got. Here's jack. Oh, a terrier that's a terrier.
David Wright: 38:24
It's a terrier mix.
Matt Fox: 38:25
All right, it's a jack russell mix and his name is jack, and his name is Jack, and his name is Jack. Look at that, see my goodness. Jack needs a home.
David Wright: 38:34
He's so how old is he? It's up, you know. I Sorry, when I printed it it got blocked out.
Matt Fox: 38:40
It's like he was born somewhere in 2024.
David Wright: 38:43
Yeah, so he's a puppy. He's less than a year old. Oh, he's a cutie. Isn't he?
Matt Fox: 38:47
Yes, he is. Oh, Jack Russell Terrier mix. Love it.
David Wright: 38:51
Call Jack, jack, perfect Jack needs a home. Detroitdogrescuecom slash. Adopt. Jack is there. He wants to sit on your couch and snuggle with you tonight. Come on those ears.
David Wright: 39:06
Those ears alone I know, I know, and the eyes too. Yeah, yeah, alrighty folks, that is it for this episode, just to tease. Next episode, next Monday night, join us on Facebook Live. We're going to have a certified sex therapist with us. Finally, she works in my office. She's such a tease. Yes, I know, I know she's been. We've been hanging out there for a long time. So so many of what does a sex therapist do? Oh, I can tell you. Tune in next Monday, I can tell you At 8 o'clock Eastern Standard Time on Motor City Hypnotist Facebook page and you can see her live. She'll tell you exactly what she does. All right, I love it.
Matt Fox: 39:42
Do you have any sexual problems?
Announcer: 39:46
I'm sorry. Going back to Dear John, yeah.
Matt Fox: 39:48
Go on.
David Wright: 39:50
Sexy time? Yeah, go on. Sexy time. Yeah, all right, folks, change your thinking, change your life. Laugh hard, run fast, be kind, we'll see you next time you.