Therapy Sessions

Feb 06, 2010

This morning found me on the way to my very first appointment with a new therapist. He was running late(the weather is bad here), but seemed to be a rather nice man. After talking to him a bit about my relevant medical history, he has suggested that I find a side therapist that specializes in eating disorders. My therapist suggested( and I have to agree after giving it a little thought) that the way I eat and why I eat can be attributed to food addiction. Now, I've jokingly talked about being a food addict for years, but until today never really took it seriously...I mean come on...a person being addicted to food?! That was a bit far, even for me. Yet, the more that I think about it, the more I am able to see that it isn't that much of a joke after all. I've known myself to become so obsessed with eating a certain food that I'll physically ache until I get said food...never mind if it's healthy or not. I've self-medicated every emotion with food, every period of boredom with food, that anymore I don't know what's real hunger and what could be attributed to an unhealthy emotional response. So Monday, I begin my search for help with my food addiction. If and when I am able to have WLS, I don't want to have to worry that I'll allow myself to fall back into the same unhealthy patterns that I've had up until now. It's time to make a change and to finally stand up for myself. So all I've got left to say right now is...Hi, I'm Anita and I'm a food-addict.

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