Willingness without fusion is difficult with strong pain

[Guest guest]

I read that when I have a painful experience - due to the desire to eat and when

I try to resist overeating I can feel hunger pains and tell myself I am

suffering. Through ACT I learn that I can accept my pain and not call it

suffering. And the action of enduring the pain comes from willingness (the

action that comes from acceptance). Well this can be so strong, that it is

difficult to adjust my thoughts to ones other than fusion.

And very much related to this, when I - further on in the process - look at my

values and choose one to be 'moderation' or 'moderation with food' - I then have

chose a path, a process. I can then set up a short term goal - lets say to be

moderate with eating from breakfast through lunch .... I am advised through the

program to become committed and do it as fully and well as possible .... Again

as with the first paragraph I can accept that this will be difficult and I can

employ willingness to make the effort to follow through .... And suppose,

because this is so painiful to do, I get into the / willingness process again

..... and again it is difficult to express to myself emotions or thoughts in a

defused manner.

Marty K