Guest guest Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Dear Ellie, ugh! Thats so true! I get a weird feeling in my stomach when I worry, and I eat to " fill " it. Only it never works! Oh how much I hate it! I didn't realize I did it until about 6 months ago. I haven't stopped doing it (eating to try and make the worried feeling go away)entirely, but realizing it has been a good 1st step to stopping it. I am also scared of confronting things, but FORCE myself to do so,(nervous sweating and all included). After, that feeling goes away and I feel accomplished and proud. My therapist had me start by just listing my worries (no matter how irrational they really are) because they are not irrational to me at the time I'm worrying. I can then choose to deal with them (sometimes it takes me days/weeks to build up my nerve to confront things). I hope every thing is OK. Anxiety is a terrible feeling! Val > > There are so many things I am worried about. Concerned, afraid, stymied, stumped, not knowing how it's going to turn out. Sometimes it's easier to eat something than to confront these things. > > > Ellie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Dear Ellie, ugh! Thats so true! I get a weird feeling in my stomach when I worry, and I eat to " fill " it. Only it never works! Oh how much I hate it! I didn't realize I did it until about 6 months ago. I haven't stopped doing it (eating to try and make the worried feeling go away)entirely, but realizing it has been a good 1st step to stopping it. I am also scared of confronting things, but FORCE myself to do so,(nervous sweating and all included). After, that feeling goes away and I feel accomplished and proud. My therapist had me start by just listing my worries (no matter how irrational they really are) because they are not irrational to me at the time I'm worrying. I can then choose to deal with them (sometimes it takes me days/weeks to build up my nerve to confront things). I hope every thing is OK. Anxiety is a terrible feeling! Val > > There are so many things I am worried about. Concerned, afraid, stymied, stumped, not knowing how it's going to turn out. Sometimes it's easier to eat something than to confront these things. > > > Ellie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Dear Ellie, ugh! Thats so true! I get a weird feeling in my stomach when I worry, and I eat to " fill " it. Only it never works! Oh how much I hate it! I didn't realize I did it until about 6 months ago. I haven't stopped doing it (eating to try and make the worried feeling go away)entirely, but realizing it has been a good 1st step to stopping it. I am also scared of confronting things, but FORCE myself to do so,(nervous sweating and all included). After, that feeling goes away and I feel accomplished and proud. My therapist had me start by just listing my worries (no matter how irrational they really are) because they are not irrational to me at the time I'm worrying. I can then choose to deal with them (sometimes it takes me days/weeks to build up my nerve to confront things). I hope every thing is OK. Anxiety is a terrible feeling! Val > > There are so many things I am worried about. Concerned, afraid, stymied, stumped, not knowing how it's going to turn out. Sometimes it's easier to eat something than to confront these things. > > > Ellie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 My worries mostly have to do with my 19 year old son, and that's a great idea about Listing them them out. I had done that for awhile when I was waking up at 4am and not being able to go back to sleep for fretting about him, but I had sort of forgotten about that. I start reaching for food when my stomach starts clenching up, even though it really doesn't help. I hate conflict, and I think I eat a lot as a way to avoid it .... Thanks for the reminder..... Tillet > >> > >> There are so many things I am worried about. Concerned, afraid, stymied, stumped, not knowing how it's going to turn out. Sometimes it's easier to eat something than to confront these things. > >> > >> > >> Ellie > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 My worries mostly have to do with my 19 year old son, and that's a great idea about Listing them them out. I had done that for awhile when I was waking up at 4am and not being able to go back to sleep for fretting about him, but I had sort of forgotten about that. I start reaching for food when my stomach starts clenching up, even though it really doesn't help. I hate conflict, and I think I eat a lot as a way to avoid it .... Thanks for the reminder..... Tillet > >> > >> There are so many things I am worried about. Concerned, afraid, stymied, stumped, not knowing how it's going to turn out. Sometimes it's easier to eat something than to confront these things. > >> > >> > >> Ellie > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 My worries mostly have to do with my 19 year old son, and that's a great idea about Listing them them out. I had done that for awhile when I was waking up at 4am and not being able to go back to sleep for fretting about him, but I had sort of forgotten about that. I start reaching for food when my stomach starts clenching up, even though it really doesn't help. I hate conflict, and I think I eat a lot as a way to avoid it .... Thanks for the reminder..... Tillet > >> > >> There are so many things I am worried about. Concerned, afraid, stymied, stumped, not knowing how it's going to turn out. Sometimes it's easier to eat something than to confront these things. > >> > >> > >> Ellie > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I completely understand... I've had an eating disorder for almost 6 years, and my eating disorder completely stems from my inability to deal with the anxieties I feel about a lot of things that often seem run-of-the-mill to most people. Particularly, when it comes to social interaction, I'm always afraid that other people are going to hate me, or turn against me for reasons I can't predict or understand. I've had it happen to me so many times in my life before that it is a consistent and real fear for me. Since I've given up my eating disordered behaviors and returned to intuitive eating, all these fears have begun to resurface, leaving me (of course) with a ton of new/old anxiety to deal with. I am just at the beginning of my journey in figuring out how to handle it without self-destructing again. ~Carolyn > > There are so many things I am worried about. Concerned, afraid, stymied, stumped, not knowing how it's going to turn out. Sometimes it's easier to eat something than to confront these things. > > > Ellie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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