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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 203673" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>WFEN, this is exactly the issue I was dealing with in my last therapist appointment.</p><p></p><p>He said that you have to approach it from 2 directions:</p><p></p><p>1) Substitution--you have to replace the emotional eating (or in my case emotional starving) with some other behaviour, whether it's meditating, knitting, singing a song...whatever works to stop you from continuing the destructive behaviour</p><p></p><p>2) Taking care of you--whatever it is that you're getting out of the emotional eating (emotional starving), you have to find a way to get that from another source. In my case, being totally empty inside and feeling my front touch my back makes me feel safe. I think it's related to trying to make myself invisible during many unpleasant times in childhood. I have found that putting on husband's clothes gives me the same feeling of safety. I suppose because I just disappear in them and get the same feeling of invisibility that starving gives me. So when I'm slipping, I put on his bathrobe, or one of his sweaters. (Sometimes I sleep in his underwear and t-shirts). I know it's a bit strange, but it seems to work...</p><p></p><p>Maybe there's a substitute out there for you, that you can use instead of eating.</p><p></p><p>Sending big hugs (and one of husband's sweaters),</p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 203673, member: 3907"] WFEN, this is exactly the issue I was dealing with in my last therapist appointment. He said that you have to approach it from 2 directions: 1) Substitution--you have to replace the emotional eating (or in my case emotional starving) with some other behaviour, whether it's meditating, knitting, singing a song...whatever works to stop you from continuing the destructive behaviour 2) Taking care of you--whatever it is that you're getting out of the emotional eating (emotional starving), you have to find a way to get that from another source. In my case, being totally empty inside and feeling my front touch my back makes me feel safe. I think it's related to trying to make myself invisible during many unpleasant times in childhood. I have found that putting on husband's clothes gives me the same feeling of safety. I suppose because I just disappear in them and get the same feeling of invisibility that starving gives me. So when I'm slipping, I put on his bathrobe, or one of his sweaters. (Sometimes I sleep in his underwear and t-shirts). I know it's a bit strange, but it seems to work... Maybe there's a substitute out there for you, that you can use instead of eating. Sending big hugs (and one of husband's sweaters), Trinity [/QUOTE]
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