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I'd Like To Know If The Men On This Site Eat Emotionally When They're Depressed? What I Call 'eating For Comfort'? Do The Women?
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Emotional eating
2) Emotional Eating
- This is eating in response to negative emotions like sadness, anxiety, loneliness and boredom
- It’s an important aspect of Binge Eating Disorder.

Emotional eating often leads to Mindless Eating - this is where you eat and eat and eat something without really noticing and then, suddenly — oh my gosh -- you realise you've eaten all of it! It’s really easy to do with bags of chips or bags of candy - you just keep stuffing your face until suddenly the… read more

posted June 12, 2017
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I can't eat if I'm anxious about something

posted June 18, 2017
A MyDepressionTeam Member

sometimes yes but most of mine is from boredom or lack of motivation

posted June 16, 2017
A MyDepressionTeam Member

I can't eat when I'm depressed no appetite

posted June 14, 2017
A MyDepressionTeam Member

Tbh im going without food as my appetite is non existent due to my anxiety im not taking my meds for diabetes and hi bp either

posted June 13, 2017
A MyDepressionTeam Member

My weakness is potato chips... You are right , before you know it the bag is gone... and then the guilty feelings happen. You are depressed, so you eat for comfort. It's something I've always done, since I was little. I used to hide candy and chips in my bedroom when I was growing up. Then hide the wrappers so that no one would know how bad I'd been. Food was always comforting to me.. But still to this day I struggle with being overweight. I tell myself "it doesn't matter, no one would likes anyways, so why not have the chips/candy" It's a vicious cycle, one of self loathing, and guilt. Now, these days, I limit myself to having a small bowl of chips, and a bag lasts me 3 or 4 days...... less guilt and I still have what I want, not necessarily what I need.

posted June 12, 2017

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