Dealing with feelings

lakerschick275

Since I was a young child I have never been able to express my feelings effectively, in turn leading to a variety of negative coping skills throughout the years (I am now 24). As an adult I have struggled with emotional eating/binge eating turned bulimia in order to not gain weight. At present I still struggle with binge eating but have been working on coping skills I am learning. Currently my goal is to get healthy and not have thoughts of food consume my everyday life. I would love to hear anyone's stories and form some type of group for support. Feel free to add me on here!

amyenman1

hi is amyenman

PinkCoconut

Feel free to friend me, I had similar issues! One of the most effective things I did was to start journalling. Every time I found myself in the kitchen when I wasn't hungry or my hand in a bag of chips, I'd sit down and I'd just start journalling. I'd write until my hand cramped up and then some more. Usually by the time I was done I didn't feel the need to eat.

That's obviously a start but it was a good start for me and I've since been able to build up a system of support so I can vent when I need to. I still get the urge to eat when I'm emotional and on occasion still give in but it's rare and it all started with me journalling.

Hope that helps!

Catfriend25

Hi - I'm so sorry for what You are going through. I don't have bulimia but I feel fat because my best friend in the world said I was fat and ended our friendship for that reason. Hugs You - You cute crocodile!