Chaos, Order, Meaning and Eating
One feeling that drives
disregulated eaters towards food is not being in control of a situation. That’s
a difficult position for all of us to be in and our perspective informs our
attitude toward how we handle it. The more rational your views on what you can
and can’t control, the more likely you won’t eat when control is out of your
hands.
The world is a chaotic place—nature
does its thing, world events impact us socially, culturally and financially,
people push their own agenda’s, accidents befall us, and our bodies get sick and
grow old. Inescapably, helplessness is at its worst when we’re very young or very
old. Of course, the more we rail against it, the worse we feel.
The world can be indifferent, unfair,
and cruel. It is a peculiarly human notion, part of our egocentricity, however,
that life throws things at us. It
really doesn't. Life just happens, tooling along on its merry or not so merry
way. Humans have expectations, desires, and wishes, and feel upset or thwarted
when something gets in the way of what we want, expect, or hope for. The truth
is that life happens independent of these expectations, desires, and wishes.
It's just, well, life, and sometimes it works with us and sometimes it works
against us. When we recognize that life doesn’t care if we’re “good,” “bad” or
indifferent, we accept the randomness and unfairness of the universe. This is a
difficult, upsetting concept for many people, but also can be a relie...
Source: Normal Eating - Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs