Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I ate for every emotion including boredom. Happy? Celebrate with food. Nervous? Eat and think about it. Sad? Eat something. Angry? Calm down with food.

Yes, this is me.

So, how do you manage that? Because this is me: I've had a rather stressful few months, and it's about to get worse for the next few months. I know I tend to overeat when stressed, and I can't make the stressful events go away any quicker (government timeline, not mine). What do I do???

YMMV, but I turn to less junky food. Instead of shoveling doritos onto my mouth, I go for a box of cereal (mini wheats to placate my sweet tooth).
Instead of a tub of icescream on my lap, it's now a bag of no salt oyster crackers.

For me, the act of grading and putting food in my mouth helps me destress.

CBT.

It is good that you figured it out, but then maybe a therapist can help you out see the error in your thinking that ruining your health will stick it to you dh and his family!

I gained weight after a childhood sexual assault and unfortunately have never been able to shake the idea that overeating is protective. My weight has gone up and down in life, but the fact that I get less gross and aggressive male attention when I gain weight makes it a positive for me. I love to exercise so that helps balance things out but I've never been able to break the positive association with weight gain in my head. It's hard to deal with.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I ate for every emotion including boredom. Happy? Celebrate with food. Nervous? Eat and think about it. Sad? Eat something. Angry? Calm down with food.

Yes, this is me.

So, how do you manage that? Because this is me: I've had a rather stressful few months, and it's about to get worse for the next few months. I know I tend to overeat when stressed, and I can't make the stressful events go away any quicker (government timeline, not mine). What do I do???