[Hope4me2]

I have always eaten to ease my pain...my T says it is another coping mechanism I have beside SIing....therefore I am overweight and depressed about that too....never ending battle....does anyone else eat to ease their pains?? Food is my best friend...when I cannot sleep I will eat....it is either eating or SIing one or the other....UGH Hate my life....

[nothemama8]

Food has always been there to keep ppl from hurting me, when I was little Mama always gave me something to eat as a comfort , to this day I eat to keep from having to face some ppl
Angie

[emptyglass]

The highlights of my day revolve around eating, so I definitely eat to ease the pain. And eating before I go to bed helps me go to sleep more quickly.

[inkblot]

It depends on my mood or stress. I might eat if I am really worried about someone, or stress could make me go into anorexic-type behaviors. In either case, food eases the pain when we eat or starve. I am so torn sometimes between which direction should I go, eating or starving. I have been trying more and doing better, but the thoughts are constantly there making chaos in my mind. If I am worried about someone and eat lots (junk food usually), I hate it and hate it more and feel guilty. It's never easy.+

i eat and eat and eat.. i hate it..

[eskielover]

Hope, if you want to share some of your weight, I'm here.....unfortunately I have the opposite problem, & have had it all my life.

Stress causes me to feel nausea which immediately causes me not to eat to avoid that feeling. But that really puts the body into a failure mode, expecially when you have are at the bottom already. The problem with not eating is an endless loop too. The less I weigh, the more anxious I feel, & the more anxious I feel, the less I am able to eat. Even kicks in the rear (or IV nutrition), doesn't knock me out of the loop. Then dehydration hits also. A real mess too.

Maybe if they put each end of the spectrum together, we can average it all out. Guess that might have been why the ED treatment center required the Anorexic's to attend the Overeater Anon groups....lol

Hope you can sort through your eating,
Debbie

[h0kie]

Me too Hope. I am a lot like Pat. I enjoy planning menus, cooking, and I LOVE grocery shopping. I find myself thinking about food more than I would like, too. Can't seem to stop myself. I have very little self-control...I disappoint myself.

[vacantangel]

Hope, I have also ate to ease my pain for a long time. I've been successful at turning that around for several months now but last week was unbearable for me. I had to deal with three different things. I couldn't cope, so eating has become my companion again. I need to nip it in the bud. I don't like being like this. I was doing so well.

[jodye]

i do- numbing myself to the point of transitory still..........

[a_fire_inside]

i do that to. i'll eat alot. and sometimes i do the opposite and not eat anything.

[mortimer]

I don't really like food that much, but I know that if I eat, it's healthy. Try overeating on healthyish foods you know? Keep the bad stuff out of the house period, things that don't really matter if you eat too much of anyway.

[dovemt]

This will be my third weight loss extravaganza! Each time I tell myself I won't let myself get overweight again. Well, here I go again. The only thing that works for me is a) getting fed up (literally) and b) having a food plan. The last straw this time was when I ate 35 or 40 (who's counting?!!!) minature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (minature, remember?) and 2 pieces of pizza. I had the worst acid reflux and felt sick all night. That did it. Back to Weight Watchers.

[dayzee9]

(((((((((((((Hopeforme2 You're not alone!))))))

Hundreds of folks out there have the same problem (including me.........for your & after going thru every ED there is!

Check out: www.Prevention.com

www.About.com

They both have special sections for "emotional eating" & LOTS of other health/nutrition FAQ/sections!!

DAYZEE9

[Shadowsinsideme]

i use to do this and i did it on and off for about 2 or 3 years. I think things got out of control after i starting thinking i was fat, then i started trying to starve, and then i developed binging problems. I'd eat and eat until my stomach was so full that it hurt. I dont know how in the world i didn;t become real overweight. I guess because i was young (13 or 14 when the binge problem started) Sometimes i would binge because i was bored, sometimes because i felt nervous, but mostly when i was depressed.

But it was aweful...i of coarse, felt very guilty and ashamed and depressed and even more fat after each binge. Somehow, i got it under control. I dont want to say that i am completly recovered, because it could all come back, but i havn't had many eating issues (no starving or binging, or purging) for about 8 months now. I think because of my schizophrenia--which causes me to have very flat emotions these days--i dont really care so much what i look like anymore. But now that i dont care and dont worry as much about being fat, i've actually lost weight, because i no longer binge.

I hope things will get better for you.I will never forget how hellish it was to feel so ugly and fat. I felt that way for almost seven years..still do sometimes. Im 18 now..i've got a long ways to go yet.

-Becka