Finding Purpose
Reading an article about vets
finding a way out of post-war depression, anxiety, and PTSD, I got to thinking about
disregulated eaters’ fanatic absorption in food and weight obsessions and how they
would benefit from finding a greater purpose in order to be done with that
obsession. You don’t want your tombstone to read, “Spent a lifetime struggling
to eat ‘normally’ and lose weight,” do you?
Believe me, I understand the pain
of compulsive eating and being or feeling overweight. But it cannot remain the
be all and end all of life as some of you have made it. Although I encourage
you to read my books and blogs and join my Food and Feelings message
board, I’d rather see you out there doing things you’re passionate about
which gives you a sense of satisfaction, belonging, and a focus greater than
yourselves.
There’s something highly unhealthy
and excessively self-absorbing about spending much of your life thinking and
talking about your food and weight "problems." I know; I did it for decades. Fact
is, no one but other disregulated eaters are all that interested in the subject—what
you ate or didn’t eat or how much weight you lost. C’mon. Isn’t it time to
change your tune? In the article I read, vets too felt lost and purposeless and
were self-absorbed with the horrors they’d witnessed—until they became engaged
in community service projects. I’m not comparing your lives to theirs, but many
of you as well are over-focus...
Source: Normal Eating - Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs