[wouterjanl]

Living without appetite. I get it can help some people with losing weight. But doesn’t it sound a tad sad too? Isn’t desire one of the most complex, beautiful emotions?

[ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7]

Your picture of desire and the reality of addiction are very different things

[ryandrake]

I don't suffer from an uncontrollable appetite, but for those who do, I would imagine that compulsive-anything is undesirable and eliminating it is an unambiguously positive miracle.

If a drug can cure an out-of-control appetite, can it cure chemical addictions? Compulsive gambling? None of these are beautiful emotions.

[fragmede]

Funny you should say that. There's mounting anecdotal evidence that GL-1's curb addiction more generally, including the two you mentioned, SUD/chemical and gambling. There are currently trials underway to try and prove that scientifically.

https://news.unchealthcare.org/2023/12/use-of-glp-1-receptor...

[joquarky]

> Isn’t desire one of the most complex, beautiful emotions?

Perhaps, but it's also the source of suffering.

[Fire-Dragon-DoL]

I eat probably 12 times per day, mostly fruit with 3 main meals. I'm always hungry, I'd love to eat even 6 times instead.

I like food, don't get me wrong, but being constantly hungry is very annoying

[consteval]

Yes but when your brain is broken and the desire a liiiiitle too strong it becomes bad.

I smoked. The desire to have a cig was debilitating. And I didn't want it, I never wanted it. But the sheer desire would bring me to my knees.

[daedrdev]

Many people do not want to eat how they do, the just cannot help themselves

[xk_id]

Desire is a function of the separation from divinity.

[tshaddox]

Unwanted desires are extremely uncomfortable.

[Shadowed_]

Not without but with reduced appetite.