Have you ever heard the term "self-medicating with food"?
When I think about it, it makes sense. That's what I do when I'm depressed, lonely, etc. The comfort of certain foods allows me to enter a different zone for a while, a pleasure zone that temporarily soothes my troubles.
I think everyone does this from time to time. I becomes a problem, though, when I'm turning to food as an escape day after day after day. That's where my depression has been taking me. Needless to say, having to buy fatter clothes for fatter me is not good for the mood, self-esteem or bank balance. Not to mention that my GP is going to be very unhappy with my cholesterol numbers. Bleah.
I'm able to put the brakes on (to some degree) now that my depression has lifted a bit, but it will take some doing to get back on track. Likewise with moving my body (eg. walking and other exercise). I realize that I can only expect so much so fast, and I'm not yet out of the depression woods, but even so I just had to go somewhere with this frustration!
It helps me to share my food-related issues here once in a while. The people around me just brush it off because I'm not obese, and don't realize it's not about what I eat, but rather why I eat. I want to get back to a "normal" appetite, not these stupid cravings, that's all, and it seems to be taking forever
I like that I'm starting to come out of it, but boy this comfort eating has got to stop!
When I think about it, it makes sense. That's what I do when I'm depressed, lonely, etc. The comfort of certain foods allows me to enter a different zone for a while, a pleasure zone that temporarily soothes my troubles.
I think everyone does this from time to time. I becomes a problem, though, when I'm turning to food as an escape day after day after day. That's where my depression has been taking me. Needless to say, having to buy fatter clothes for fatter me is not good for the mood, self-esteem or bank balance. Not to mention that my GP is going to be very unhappy with my cholesterol numbers. Bleah.
I'm able to put the brakes on (to some degree) now that my depression has lifted a bit, but it will take some doing to get back on track. Likewise with moving my body (eg. walking and other exercise). I realize that I can only expect so much so fast, and I'm not yet out of the depression woods, but even so I just had to go somewhere with this frustration!
It helps me to share my food-related issues here once in a while. The people around me just brush it off because I'm not obese, and don't realize it's not about what I eat, but rather why I eat. I want to get back to a "normal" appetite, not these stupid cravings, that's all, and it seems to be taking forever
I like that I'm starting to come out of it, but boy this comfort eating has got to stop!
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