Poll: Do you eat out of Anxiety?

Poll: Do you eat out of Anxiety?

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CursedSoul

CursedSoul

Banned
Tell a little about your condition....

Edit: Okay I guess some people may get confused with the phrasing,

It means, Do you ever over-eat because of Anxiety?

*Option 3 ''I am normally a foodie !'' means you already love food and not just because of Anxiety!
 
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ImNotMyIllness

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I'm doing it right now! After spending a week eating mostly fruits and vegetables, I went on a binge tonight and got fast food. Grilled Onion Ring Burger with Cheese, Bacon Cheese Potato Wedges, Taco, 7 piece Jalapeno Poppers.

I won't have to take NyQuil tonight. I'll be sleeping like a baby. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I really need to stop doing this!
 
mikebird

mikebird

Banned
Do you eat out of Anxiety?

Do you mean to take the annoying part of you to scoff and gobble it down your throat, digest it and wait for it to come out of your arse, so it'll be gone?

As

Eat your heart out? :inlove:

Or eat more comfort food to feel good?
I answered 'can't say' because I'm very much of both, in terms of budget and approaching homelessness, but also avoiding getting fat for a different reason

Budget is easy to stick with as a strategy but there's always a balance to find. No way I'd scrimp, but I have tried it. Sometimes a treat is important for simple self-fulfilment. Got groceries today, while I couldn't start my car yesterday. My oven element has died amid a shower of sparks, so I can't use it. Can find replacements. Grill is OK. But a lot of lights in the kitchen I haven't replaced yet. If I can see what I need to, I won't spend money on improvements. My home looks great! I wish I could get a girl to come here


Ummm. take-out, take-away... can't be bothered to cook for you or someone else? Just pay? Goes for restaurants too. 90% is because it's social. When I'm earning, and losing weight, and building muscle, I take people out to eat. The horror of getting prepared food to go in your hands and down the throat? NO

Don't mean to be judgemental. Might be different as a parent, but if I was, I'd cook for everyone, and make sure so sugar or fat gets into their veins


Only once in my life, I got to see a taco-bel? Detrioit mall. Loved. But I make my own. Chuckie-Cheese?

Muesli is the world's best food, which I'll stick to when it gets to being low on reserves, or homelessness.

Actually I have learned that the best way to lose weight is to be in hospital for a few months, when I can let go and live on intravenous sodium chlorine into my arm and not have to open my mouth. When about 10 and 15. Then age 30 for an operation and more intensive care... Was a 85kg kid, really puffed-up in the cheeks due to eating prednisolone, which gave me an awesome appetite - especially for learning at skool. Best weight has been 67kg
On solid food, the UK NHS has gone miles further in the last decade. I always eat curry, and never have to cook it! I investigate around the racks for uneaten meals and the nurses don't mind.
 
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BlueDays

BlueDays

1
Yes.
I can't use alcohol to relieve the anxiety because it brings on my migraines.
So luckily sugar produces the same calming affect in my brain chemistry that drinking would.
Chocolate/sugary foods are my only pleasure in life.:sad:

I exercise to help prevent me developing type 2 diabetes from all the sugar, but I am still scared it will not be enough to stop it happening one day.
 
Ithior

Ithior

Well-known member
If anything I can't eat because of anxiety. If I'm in a situation where I feel anxious or if I know I'm going to be in such a situation or if I've just come back from a situation like that, I will barely eat. Eating will just make me feel like throwing up. I'd rather spend the whole day without eating.
 
gustavofring

gustavofring

Well-known member
Not really anxiety, but feeling hungry. I do exercise so it's hopefully not too bad. The feeling after over-eating for example a bag of chips is always terrible. Feeling constipated, bloated. Not a position to meet people and feel good.
 
CursedSoul

CursedSoul

Banned
Re: Do you eat out of Anxiety?

mikebird said:
Do you mean to take the annoying part of you to scoff and gobble it down your throat, digest it and wait for it to come out of your arse, so it'll be gone?

As

Eat your heart out? :inlove:

Or eat more comfort food to feel good?
I answered 'can't say' because I'm very much of both, in terms of budget and approaching homelessness, but also avoiding getting fat for a different reason

Budget is easy to stick with as a strategy but there's always a balance to find. No way I'd scrimp, but I have tried it. Sometimes a treat is important for simple self-fulfilment. Got groceries today, while I couldn't start my car yesterday. My oven element has died amid a shower of sparks, so I can't use it. Can find replacements. Grill is OK. But a lot of lights in the kitchen I haven't replaced yet. If I can see what I need to, I won't spend money on improvements. My home looks great! I wish I could get a girl to come here


Ummm. take-out, take-away... can't be bothered to cook for you or someone else? Just pay? Goes for restaurants too. 90% is because it's social. When I'm earning, and losing weight, and building muscle, I take people out to eat. The horror of getting prepared food to go in your hands and down the throat? NO

Don't mean to be judgemental. Might be different as a parent, but if I was, I'd cook for everyone, and make sure so sugar or fat gets into their veins


Only once in my life, I got to see a taco-bel? Detrioit mall. Loved. But I make my own. Chuckie-Cheese?
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Dude, you are just awesome!
 
theslowesthand

theslowesthand

Banned
I voted "Yes". And it due to my generally chronic nervous disposition (perhaps GAD?). So it is technically due to anxiety, just not the severe types of.

I need to have constant soothing/comforts 24/7 (while awake). Constantly snacking on food (usu junk, sometimes good) all throughout the day is one way to attain this soothing to my nerves/anxieties that i seem to need at all times.

Other things which also provide this are: hair-pulling, masturabtion (& sometimes porn), long shower (2/so hrs), playing handheld pda games, alcohol binge. Background TV & music also help somewhat, to keep the nerves at a manageable level.
 
GraybeardGhost

GraybeardGhost

Well-known member
I don't overeat due to anxiety, but I do sometimes as a result of depression or fatigue. If I'm tired or depressed, I'm much more likely to make poor choices at the grocery store. Being in such a state leaves me far more vulnerable to the temptation of foods like pizza and ice cream—so good, so easy to prepare, but so very, very bad for me. If I give in and take them home with me, they'll be scarfed down in obscene quantities and at an appalling rate, and I'll spend the rest of the night in the company of my not-so-good friend GERDie. I know what will happen, but sometimes I do it anyway, just to feel better for that brief moment before the agony ensues.
 
Opaline

Opaline

1
Nope. Actually, if I get too anxious I can't eat at all. It upsets my digestive system quite a bit.

I generally overeat or eat the wrong things because of depression. Junk food provides the ultimate in pleasurable feelings when you're depressed, at least for me. I don't usually go on crazy binges, but sometimes I will eat crappy food all day and neglect produce and whole grains.
 
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jaim38

Well-known member
Not really. I tend to starve myself instead. But I am a foodie and I like to savor the food that I eat. I've learned a lot from cooking.
 
mixedupgirl

mixedupgirl

Well-known member
When i got depressed when i was a teen....first I over ate and put weight on and then when I got even worse I stopped eating all together for a week and then just small amounts for months to keep on going. But no I wouldn't say anxiety has ever effected my eating habits....

Now I am a decent weight and love my food.... :)
 
Lamb

Lamb

Well-known member
When nervous and left with nothing to do but worry, or having a lack of focus- I will munch on junk food because it's distracting for that moment in time.

Sometimes worrying will lead to bouts of depression which results in the same outcome. Yes, anxiety causes me to eat and then stress out even more afterward because the urge won me over.
 
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