Food Obsession

achildofthefather · Post by **achildofthefather** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:31 pm

Does anyone else here have obsessions or compulsions where food is concerned? Binging & purging as a form of punishing themselves? Or a self loathing due to this? Or tutroing to food when anxious or depressed? Any input would be appreciated.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:39 pm

I, too, have major food issues and have for most of my life. I have been a binge eater for as long as I can remember and learned how to eat to soothe my emotions as a young child. I also have major obsessions about food. I can get a negative thought about a food and find, as a result, that I cannot eat that food. This happens to me a lot with meat. Chicken and pork are hard for me to eat right now. I also have a thing about food texture. If the texture strikes me as odd, I cannot eat it. I have hope that I will conquer these things one day. You definitely are not alone in this.

Genie

RodH · Post by **RodH** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:33 am

Genie, I could have written your post. It is so exactly my experience.

I cannot handle raw meat, so I can only eat meat that has been cooked by someone else. And I definitely have been using eating as a form of comfort from anxiety since I was a child.

I hadn't really thought about these issues in relation to my anxiety, but it makes perfect sense.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:51 am

The only things I will ever be addicted to are food and shopping! Food addictions are especially hard because we have to eat to live. My mother was a "feeder" (and still is). She used food to solve all problems. She offers food to everyone who enters her house! And keeps pushing it on them until they accept. I know she had her own problems growing up hungry without enough to eat. Food is her solution to every problem in life. What can you do? Just say NO! (thanks, Mom)
As for the shopping even my grown children console me by saying things like "just go buy another pair of shoes, Mom - that always makes you feel better". I want to feel better without the box of Little Debbies and the 14th pair of black pumps! I hope and pray this program will help us all succeed. Good Luck and believe me - you are not alone!!!!!