Addicted to Food
I'm Charlotte, 21 and I am addicted to food (particularly sugar)
I have been chasing up the Eating Disorder people I've been referred to but they never answer. I keep leaving voice messages. I WILL get hold of them lol its just timing it while theyre by the phone.
I feel conflicted and confused about how to deal with it. When someone's addicted to alcohol or drugs or gambling it seems straight forward - they cut it out and do everything in their power to overcome their issues and not use again - but for me...I can't cut out food?! Ill die lol, so I don't know where my line is when it comes to certain foods. I dunno how strict I have to be on myself. My boyfriend tries to encourage balance but I dont know if that's even possible with an addict. Would you advise an alcoholic to drink but only sometimes? Im really confused.
I've always known I've had a dependency on food, maybe an addiction but watching "Addicted to Food" on Netflix really hit home that I do have a problem and I do need to do something about it.
Has anyone else had these feelings or any experience on dealing with this type of issue. I don't know where to start and want to do something while I'm waiting around for the ED team to actually help me (I've been waiting over a year already)
Thank you
I think it is possible to be psychologically addicted to food for sure, and you're not alone in this. *hugs*
@bunnie810 - Hi Bunnie, I am part of the ED community here, though not on the leadership team. Have you joined the sub-community yet? #EDWarriors #EDSupport SubComm titled: Eating Disorder Support. I must tell you, I did not read your entire post :( in part because I think I have sort of the opposite disorder. The disorder of food that I deal with is closer to anorexia - restricting type. I don't know if this here will help you at all - or if you have tried all of this already. I will leave you with the tag of one of my (L) who is? at least she was on the leadership in the ED community. I'm not sure if she is adding more (M) as far as 1-1 time, but I'm pretty sure she could connect you with someone that could be available for you. @Anomalia (Hi Ano :) I hope you'll see this post as Bunnie could use some help.) Do let me know if I could help you out, Bunnie, okay? (flower) (flower) (confetti!) ~ Platy
@bunnie810 Wow, dear. I just realized your post is very old :( I hope you've found some help - from somewhere! Even if it is outside 7cups. One thing I forgot to write in my 1st post is it might be a lot better to contact them via text or email (direct message in 7cups). Especially if it's been 5-7 days and you haven't heard from them from your voice mail.
Are you still around, since 2017? Update, perhaps? :) Platy
