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   sorasayuri
   Member

   Hi,

   I am new to this forum and have joined because I am experiencing a really bad time of overeating for comfort. I am a final year student and have lots of pressures at the moment with regards to deadlines - I am 100% sure that this is what is causing the problem at the moment (stress). The problem is I am (ironically) studying for a Bsc in psychology which is a really hard subject at the best of times, however I am also dyselxic which makes academia much more harder for me. Therefore I am spending lots of time sitting in the library (often till midnight) trying to write papers. In the library there is a shop downstairs with (yeah I am sure you can guess) snack machines -these are really hard to resist expecially when faced with frustrating work to do. How can I resist this temptation? I have to work in the library and cannot work at home so can't do that. But then on the way home I am going to get take-outs again to ease stress, then perhaps getting home and eating whatever is in the fridge. In the day it is chocolate, crisps, sandwiches u name it I stuff it in. I am getting bigger and bigger and I just can't seem to control what is going on at the moment. I actually feel quite desperate becuase it is making me feel ugly, my clothes aren't fitting and I just feel like hiding away.

   I know this all sounds really dramatic, but I really feel frustrated to the point sometimes, of not wanting to be here anymore. I am supposed to be receiving CBT for anxiety issues and I take anti-depressants, so it just feels like there aren't any more avenues to go down. The trouble is in the U.K. there is no money to help people with eating problems like mine subsequently there is no real support.

   Does anyone have any advice or good books or anything really that they could give to me.

   Thank you.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   ms
   Member

   I know it might sound dumb, but you can stop bringing money when you go to the library, so you won't buy food from the machines. Instead you can bring fruit and vegetables, which is healthier than the foods in the machines. I know school can get frustrating and very stressful, but you just got to finish it out. It's part of life and you just have to make the most of it. "I know this all sounds really dramatic, but I really feel frustrated to the point sometimes, of not wanting to be here anymore." When you said this it makes me sad, there is more to life that we haven't experienced yet and if you take it away you'll never be able to experience it. maybe try breathing exercises or go for a walk to release some stress. Really you have come so far just to throw it away. Sometimes I get stressed and I think I have so much school left in head of me, that I don't want to go to college, but in order to be a veterinarian I have to go to school. I want it so badly and i have worked so hard not to keep going to college. I too eat a lot when i am stressed and sad, but i guess you have to think it'll all end soon, everything happens for a reason. This will just make you a stronger person. You don't want to do anything drastic, that you might regret. Have you tried talking to your parents, the are filled with wisdom and plenty of experiences. Keep a journal and write how you feel after everytime you overeat. And before your next overeating event remember how you felt after and is it worth feeling like that.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   sorasayuri
   Member

   Hey, thanks for your reply. I definately won't be giving up university becuase I have spent years battling to get this far. I think that my eating issues are probably really complex but nevertheless I really want to become 'normal' with eating again. I find it difficult to talk to my parents because they are probably a major part of the issues I have. I will talk to my CBT therapist when I next see her and see if she has any ideas, of which I will share on here.

   Actually, I didn't have money to buy loads of snacks yesterday so I didn't - but then I stopped by McDonalds and bought food using my card . I think I should probably start writing what I eat down, but what do you do with it after you have written it down? Any ideas?

   I just wish I could somehow control myself becuase with food, I really want to lose weight becuase I am 4 stone overweight and feel really ugly.

   Incidently I wanted to be a vet when I was younger - keep up the hard work!

   Thanks

   Posted 1 year ago #

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