I have emetophobia (phobia and anxieties related to nausea, throwing up etc.) and for as long as I can remember I’ve always dreaded the day I have children and they would get sick. Like up to the point of almost staying without children just to avoid this uncontrollable nightmare, but yesterday night it happened: Our toddler got the stomach flu.
Before I would use food for comfort throughout the day, seeing how extremely difficult this situation is and I would need all the comfort I could get as well as celebrating with all unhealthy food I could get my hands on when this day was finally over.
BUT! Not even ONCE did these thoughts occur to me!! I stayed with my fasting and my diet like any other day, perhaps a little bit easier alternatives due to a busy day but not once did I feel the need for something comforting!
This is just the latest example of a myriad of difficult situations that would always trigger binging and emotional eating to not having to face the issue at hand, and it just gets easier every time - up to the point of now feeling like this distant, weird thing that used to happen before and now is not even a thought that comes up at all!
My entire life I’ve been struggeling with weightloss, but it wasn’t until last summer I realised why I keep failing! I am a food addict and an emotional eater and thanks to a lot of hard work, soulsearching and this subreddit that put me on that idea I am now one step closer having a natural and healthy relationship to food.
This is the real goal, weightloss is merely a sideeffect!!! 🙌🏻
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