You're Not Alone (With Eating or Any Other Problems)
I wish I had a dollar for every
client who’s said, “You’ll probably think I’m crazy, but…” and gone on to tell
me something. Good thing that I know
they’re not crazy and can reassure them. The truth is, as different as we all
appear to be, underneath we’re pretty much the same and have relatively similar
emotional experiences.
In what ways do people feel alone
and different from others? With food and in many aspects of life—eating food picked out of the garbage can, experiencing discomfort receiving compliments,
ignoring a delicious, healthy dinner they’ve made and instead gorging on
leftover Halloween candy, hating their overbearing parents, envying others’
successes, feeling defective, or wishing they were someone else.
Fearing you’ll be viewed as crazy implies
a belief that your thoughts, behaviors, or feelings might be abnormal. In
reality, nothing you or I or anyone else has ever (ever) felt is unique. The
majority of our emotions are experienced by many, but perhaps not all, people. There
are no new feelings under the sun and most feelings are universal.
We develop the mistaken belief that
what we feel or think is abnormal—guess where?—in childhood. Maybe you were
the only one in your family who was sensitive to slights or criticism. Or came from
a family that didn’t share how they felt, so you never had a clue what was
going on inside others. Or your parents denied their emotions, especially if
they perceived...
Source: Normal Eating - Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs
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