hungry for flavor, not for food
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hungry for flavor, not for food
| Mon, 07-10-2006 - 3:41am |
it seems i just cant have a regular life because i am thinking about food all the time, even though im not hungry, and i eat even whan im not hungry and obviosly when im alone( and when there is peope arround i wait till they are gone), i try drinking water to feel satisfied, or chewing gum, even taking walks and doing sports... but i end up eating everything i get hold of. im in no sort of diet and i eat till im satisfied in every meal, i also have snaks... so really i dont know what to do... im obviously gaining weight, but i feel the urge for something that tastes good even though om not hungry...
i go to the psichologist to control my anxiety but it doest work.
i would b thankful for any advice!
i go to the psichologist to control my anxiety but it doest work.
i would b thankful for any advice!

Hi araconda,
How long have you been going to see psychologist? Don't give up yet. Maybe you haven't been going long enough or it's not the right one.
I am not sure why you think about food or keep eating even though you are not hungry but it typically has to do with drowing emotions you don't want to feel and/or control.
Love,
Kristina
Hi Araconda.
I am a compulsive eater. I'm only beginning to explore some of the issues.
Are you attracted to certain kinds of foods? Are you finding your binges are mostly for carbohydrates? It might have a lot to do with how refined carbs and sugars are processed in your body. Couple that with a mental obession over food, and there is a very strong food addiction that is built. You would not believe how many of us suffer from this.
I tried OA, and I left because it was full of senior citizens and they were montonous in their groups. I didn't feel connected to the program at all, so I left. I've also just found a group called greysheeters. Same premise, essentially.
I don't have words of wisdom for you, sorry. I'm just another soul who is trying to waft through the plethora of information and theories on why I am the way I am. I work out hard too, then stopped because I got injured. I used to purge, and was Dx'd a bulemic when I was 15. I'm 31 now. The bulemia went on it's own because I had my damn family monitoring my washroom habits until I flipped out and left home for two weeks to enforce privacy. I'm still angry at that all these years later. It wasn't so much that they wanted to 'help' me, my family was incredibly abusive and dysfunctional and told everyone, even people they'd chat with at the bus stop that their daughter was bulemic and how hard of a time they had with it. My disease became their crutch, and they HUMILIATED ME WITH IT by reaching out to people who had no business knowing my business and I was scorned. So, I just stopped purging by vomiting, and instead just ate and ate. I'm not obese, but I'm overweight for sure now. I think the only thing that saved me so far was working out.
Anyhow, know you are not alone. If you can, go get the book "Why Can't I Stop Eating!" by Debbie Danowski and Pedro Lazaro. It helps explain food senstivities.