Is there anything you can do to avoid having buyer's remorse post op?

I'm pre op with a surgery date scheduled for April 1st. I have been doing a lot of reading of member's profile pages and notice so many go through buyer's remorse for the first few months. Some of the posts seem so depressed and regretful (even though I know after some time passes and weight is lost, they no longer feel this way). I'm in no way trying to down play this as I feel it is serious, but can someone tell me why this happens and how bad it really is? And is there anything that a pre-op can do (other than educate themselves) to help avoid or lessen these feelings when post op? (for example, does loosing weight pre-op help?) Any advice appreciated. Thank you!

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