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Jul 12, 2013, 08:41 AM
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Sanctuary for the Abused: Managing Abandonment Depression in Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
Camouflaged Depression Feelings of depression sometimes mimic gnawings of hunger, especially the emotions of abandonment which commonly masquerade as physiological sensations. Feeling very hungry a hour or two after a big meal is an almost certain signal of abandonment feelings and not real hunger. As much as this hunger appears to be about food, it is actually an emotional hunger - an emotional longing for safe, nurturing connection and for the satiation of abandonment. Even after a decade of practice, I still find it difficult to differentiate this type of attachment hunger from physical hunger. One, often, reliable clue is that the sensation of longing for the nourishment of attachment is usually in my small intestine, while physical hunger's locus is a little higher up in my stomach. (I believe the extreme longing for sex and/or love typical of sex and love addiction can similarly be an encounter with our abandonment depression, especially when no amount of affection or sexual attention from another seems to fill the void of longing" |
 Bodiesneverfound, comicgeek007, MoxieDoxie, ShaggyChic_1201, tinyrabbit, unaluna
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Jul 12, 2013, 09:25 AM
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Thanks for posting this.
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Jul 12, 2013, 03:38 PM
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This is terrific, it totally explains me.
And tho off the point a bit, I also find exhaustion to be a symptom of depression. Y'know - the kind of tired where even though you've had a 3 hr nap and gotten 8 hours of sleep that night, you can't even move. Yesterday, I fell asleep on a conference call. |
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Jul 12, 2013, 03:53 PM
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For me, when I'm emotionally hungry I think I know I am eating because I depressed or stressed but my body knows that other times I've eaten things like ice cream and chocolate to feel better they really did help only (like most things that are taken in excess) I built a tolerance so I eat more and more each time. Now It's basically a binge every time I eat emotionally.
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Jul 12, 2013, 07:53 PM
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Wow.....this explains a lot. Has anyone's therapist ever explain something like this to you? My T explains **** to me. I have had to spend countless hours of reading articles to understand anything.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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Jul 14, 2013, 10:06 PM
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Thanks for this- I occasionally binge eat and it's usually when I'm feeling the need for some sort of physical/emotional comfort that I'm not getting.
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