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I have to face my emotions

User Profile: Popitzik
Popitzik September 20th, 2017

Hey people

I once had depression, thank god I no longer have it, but I have anxiety.

So I tend to eat and I became overweight so I have to face my emotions because I'm doing this to myself and I can't stand it anymore.

What can I do?

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User Profile: lovelyWhisper66
lovelyWhisper66 September 20th, 2017

@Popitzik Hi there, and thanks for sharing your experience with us. Overeating is a common sympton of anxiety, and the two influence each other like a continuous cycle. The key is to figure out how to break that cycle. Like ProfessorCrepe said already, try substituting the eating with another coping method. It also helps to track how much you eat and adjust your eating habits; for that step, it would be wise to consult a medical professional. I wish you the best, and feel free to reach out to the listeners here if you ever need to talk.

User Profile: Popitzik
Popitzik OP September 21st, 2017

Hey people thanks for replying

I know how my mind works, in fact Everytime somethingdoesn't go as planned I get sad and that's because I'm so attached to the ego, that I identify with it all the time.

I have to stop eating whenever I'm having bad mood because this is getting annoying and it ruins my life.. I have some goals and I'm never gonna succeed of I keep eating. It makes me so miserable and Im missing out in life.. There's so many things id like to do but weight stops me. I have to do this all by myself and it sucks because whenever I feel bad and my brain says go and eat (so lame sorry) I have to do otherwise and don't listen to that inner voice.

I'll have to meditate daily, so in order to remind to myself that I'm not the body or thw mind (with all the success and failure) I'm not this, in fact I'm an eternal being, a soul, an awareness. So I'm the awareness that is watching all that and I'm not the ego who says "this is wrong" "I have to lose weight" IM NOT THIS. luckily. But the ego, if you live through the ego, well if you are a human you surely do, it will never stop judging the present moment and it will find always a reason to be happy or unhappy. And all these things, addictions bad habits loops, are all part of the ego.

And that's why I have to meditate and maybe this way I'll lose weight and stop eating whenever I'm having bad moodbe