emotional issues and candida

[Guest guest]

I'm wondering if there are any other people who believe that, for them,

emotional traumas from the past contributed to the onset of their

candida as well to difficulty overcoming it. It was true for me. In

fact, the only way I was able to make the behavioral changes necessary

to conquer candida was to go through a long process of confronting

these traumas, my feelings regarding them, and to discover and assert

my authentic self. For this reason I feel that my candida problems

arose partly as a way for my mind to force itself to look at the issues

I needed to look at in order to heal emotionally as well as physically.

I had candida for five years, and could not stick to the diet, before I

began to examine the issues from my past that made me want to eat

candida-causing foods so desperately. As I gradually came to

understand the role food played in my emotional make-up, I also came to

understand how trauma in my childhood affected my personality. Food is

no longer how I meet my need for love and acceptance. Food is just

food.

Anybody?