Filling a Void
Why do people eat when they are depressed? Usauly, being upset or depressed has physical effect, making eating far from my mind, but sometimes, I feel so utterly emptied out by my grief that my brain translates it as hunger. Or, I am in extreme duress and feel at a loss to do anything but eat. In both cases, eating doesn't actauly help, but that doesn't sink in. I have to fill the void created by extreme emotions and so I eat whatever is at hand, usaly the small candy bars we keep stashed at work. I shove them in my mouth sometimes while crying, sometimes even after I feel sick. It's not pretty and thank God it's extremely rare , but it hurts to feel that way at all. If you ever feel like this, you're not alone. We all have voids that need to be filled and sometimes maybe oftentimes , we have no idea where the void is or how to fill it. Prayer helps, counting to ten, taking note of small details, these all help to ground me and hopefully you too. Em