curiousv:
For all those who desire to gain a significant amount of weight (or who, in the past, intentionally gained a lot of weight):
How did this desire develop in the first place?
1. Did you always desire to be fat, as far as you can remember?
Yes, I always remember being interested and wanting to be like the fat characters I saw on tv or read in books, and wanted to eat as much as I could to get as big as them, as soon as possible.
2. Did your desire appear suddenly, or in a relatively short period of time?
I always wanted to be really fat, but actually confronting the desire and deciding to go through with with was complicated. And long,
3. Did your desire grow slowly, from trying out a little extra weight, liking it, and going for the next "step"?
The first time I tried gaining, I gained about 30 lbs, but found that mentally I wasn't ready - I wasn't quite used to seeing my body change and didn't really embrace some of the prices that came with it (shortness of breath, fat not necessarily going to places on me that I envisioned it, and having for the first time to deal with people becoming a bit more rude while I started to grow bigger.
4. Did you gain unintentionally at the beginning, hated it, and later grew to accept it?
No, as mentioned it was intentional, but then I stopped and lost the weight.[/quote]
It's when I managed to get myself into a situation where I can work part time and support myself and my desire to gain that I really thought about it and went through with gaining a lot of weight.