Food on the brain

I am torturing myself with thoughts of food and I am over eating. In combination with some emotional struggles this is really hurting me. Having trouble stopping!

Have you and your therapist worked on coping skills to address emotional eating?

Trying to get things back in control but my thoughts are constantly rotating around hurts.

Hello dear Pianogirlplays. Oh dear oh dear, I'm the same, every waking hour is full of thoughts! Thoughts of how I can avoid the darn stuff or thoughts of how I can get the stuff sneaked in to binge on ~~ I absolutely HATE my life, and I've hated life for 30 plus years, since all of this rubbish about food began. I so so know how you feel but I can't offer a way out of it right now. However, we can support each other, right? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Pianogirlplays. I too can relate to what you write. I wish I knew of a way to control it. I call it the food monster. And it is pretty tormenting in my thoughts. Its very painful.
Waggiedog, I hear ya. yes.

So I do not have answers. I tried therapy. Did everything the therapist asked of me. But after 13 weeks she said she thought I should have been further along. I tried to discuss it with her. But she did not want to. Clearly she had her own unresolved issues. But it got me as if someone had stamped on my forehead "failure". Its a tough one. And I wish I had a solution, answer, suggestion. I am going to try something new. If I find relief from it after a month, I will post it.

It feels terrible to feel out of thought control. I once read a book called Gentle Eating. It was very interesting as the point was to take the pressure off of trying not to eat. It was a permission kind of book that is supposed to help you get over the focus by allowing yourself to have what you desire and by allowing the food it takes some of the stigma off of it and eventually also the chronic desire. A little scary but I have noticed that some of the things I keep around the house regularly I don't over eat or obsess over them. They fall into the background and I only have one when I want one once in awhile. These are all fruit Popsicles, organic granola bars, lemon Newton crips and diet cozy shack puddings. I keep them around all the time and don't fret.