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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not clear what type of chlldhood trauma you faced. Wonder if part of your overeating is an attempt to comfort or protect yourself. That will continue, and get worse, as you age. Find a good therapist first to work through some of that pain; anything else is just a bandaid, covering up the cause. At some point, you may come to feel you have been  punishing yourself for something that was not your fault, and your interest in building a better life for yourself will emerge. You can come to view eating well/exercising as self love, and that is the key to success. Good luck on your journey.  [/quote]

When I was young, three important people in my life died in quick succession - first my grandfather, suddenly. Then his wife, my grandmother, had throat cancer at the same time that my mom had pancreatic cancer. My grandmother died first, then my mom shortly after my eighth birthday.

So it was a lot of hospitals, being around sickness, funerals, being uprooted to a different state for my mother's treatment, my healthy parent being busy taking care of my grandmother and mother at the same time. Just a lot. Plus my remaining parent could be quite emotionally abusive/angry - he didn't hit me, but punched walls, that kind of thing. My dad and I were pretty much alone after that with no extended family in the area.

I was chubby before that but I very much remember after my mother dying emotionally coping with food, sneaking food, etc.[/quote]

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