Posted by Poet on September 11, 2005, at 21:56:32
In reply to food issues, posted by crazy teresa on September 9, 2005, at 11:12:17
Hi Crazy teresa,
I can identify with your cycle. Except that when I am in a major depression I don't eat. Substitute worry/anxiety for depression.
I'm bulimic, so bingeing leads to purging.
I have to constantly remind myself that food will not help me.*Eating will make me worry about gaining weight. Purging will not end the worry. I cannot purge anxiety.*
I can't say that my *mantra* always works. I've been bulimic for 27 years, old comfort seeking is hard to stop. I can say that I don't binge because of anxiety very often. Other things still trigger it, I haven't found a mantra for everything.
Poet
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