poll about food addiction
1. Do you think you addicted to food?
2. Have you been told by a mental health professional that you are addicted to food, and if so, do you agree?
3. If you think you are addicted to food, have you sought treatment for addiction? And if not, why not?
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2. No, I've never been told I'm addicted to food, and I've been in therapy for years.
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1. No, I don't believe I'm addicted to food.
2. No I've never been to a mental health professional other than the few visits during my 6 month pre-op diet
I was never a huge binge eater or a 'wake up and eat person" or a hidden eater, I just made poor food choices and didn't move to burn it up
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2. No
Much of my overeating was trauma-related emotional eating.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
People who use food as a coping mechanism may also be addicted to food, but generally they are not. It is a different dynamic.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
on 1/27/12 11:05 am, edited 1/27/12 11:07 am
- Mm, that's tricky. I'm not sure "food addiction" falls neatly into a single yes or no category. There's so many separate aspects to it. Chemical addiction to the components of food itself-- caffeine, sugar, carbs, fat, etc. Addiction to the act of eating. Addiction to the dopamine release of certain comfort foods. Addiction to the emotional comfort of bingeing. Some people may have one aspect of food addiction and not others.
I don't think food is an addictive problem for me, really. I forget to eat quite often if I'm busy with other things, and I rarely think about food unless I'm actively hungry. In fact, my husband and son get annoyed with me sometimes because it'll be 8:00pm before we eat dinner, since I wasn't hungry and forgot to get it started. (they should learn to cook, darn it)
I think my biggest problem is just self control. That same problem manifests in different ways across a few areas of my life, and I think a lot of it stems from having a super independent lifestyle. I'm self employed, the "boss" of two kids, and my husband is deployed for long periods of time. I have no real accountability to anyone but myself, so there are no real checks and balances.
2. Have you been told by a mental health professional that you are addicted to food, and if so, do you agree?
- Nope, never have.
3. If you think you are addicted to food, have you sought treatment for addiction? And if not, why not?
- I'm not addicted to food, but given my fairly destructive self control issues, I AM seeing a counselor.
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2. Again, nope.