TheDoctorsTV is looking more and more like the Dr. Phil and Jerry Springer every day! I am personally appalled by these tactics to try to get people to do something that they resist doing on their own. If Dr. Phil’s son tries to make TheDoctorsTV into a version of his father’s show; then I will no longer watch the stupid antics of egos that are out of control Dr. Phil and his power plays with people’s lives is not entertainment and it is not professional. He should be stripped of his license in my opinion.

When doctors start to work with relatives to force people to do what they insist is the correct action; then there’s something seriously wrong with the personality structure of that doctor and that relative. Such interventions rarely have successful and lasting outcomes. People go back to their old ways and then there is an utter failure in the relationships. So doctors and producers – STAY OUT of the business of Intervention and the Abuse of Power!

It is not the practicing of good medicine. It’s an ambush. It may have been well-intentioned by a wife or loved one, but it’s still impinging upon one’s personal freedom and their own sense of Free Will. I detest that type of behavior in any form under any circumstance. It is always the personal responsibility of the individual to make a choice and determine whether to act or not. That is the sanctity of the very foundation of our civilization: FREEDOM.

No matter how many times a wife nags her husband or vice versa, it doesn’t justify a trap. This wife wrote into the doctors TV show and exposed her husband’s private health information to attempt to induce him to change. She may love him, but she has no right to do that. She does have a right to express her opinion and ask him to pay attention to his health; but it is his choice regardless of the reasons she has to disregard his wishes.

He was angered that she wrote to the producers about him. It would be time for a divorce, if I had anything to say about it. She can take custody of the children and she can live with her willingness to compromise the sanctity of trust in a marriage. If she is so worried about her own future and dependence upon her husband’s state of health; she has no business bringing another child into this world. How responsible is she? How dare she get pregnant when she is worried that her husband might die and leave her alone to raise their children. When the shoe is on the other foot…

Maybe the wife could have decided to prepare healthy food for her husband, instead of arranging an ambulance ride with the medics. Maybe if the home environment was happier, healthier, and more nourishing; the husband might not be so inclined to eat so much junk food and might want to do more for himself and the family. If only…

Anyway, I am willing to see that he begins to take better care of himself. If it is going to be an enduring Lifestyle change; the motivation has to be from within. I have seen this so many times over the years that I lost count of the number of people to whom this applied. It’s human nature and the natural process of living the personality traits that agrees with the individual. He clearly didn’t want to change on his own and only went through the motions to appease his wife and the producers of the show. Watch and see what he does when no one is watching…

I used to refuse to set appointments for relatives or friends. If the individual is not the person who desires to live a healthy Lifestyle, then it is not my place to push them to do things that they have no interest in doing. Lasting and meaningful change has to be an internal process. People who are forced by others to act against their will do rebel and compromise all the time. There may be rare exceptions to this, but it is not the norm. You have to be the one who wants to make a change. Let that be the lesson from this ridiculous episode of TheEgoManiacDoctors. Let’s hope that this type of program is NEVER repeated in the future.

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