stuffing feelings with food

July 16, 2004

Hello all...

I'm struggling right now with overeating.

I've used all my flex points and it's day 2 of my week. (I usually don't

use all my flex points in a whole week...let alone two days!)

I know why I'm doing what I'm doing....I'm stuffing my

feelings...avoiding dealing with some hurt and anger. It's right under

the surface and I've been trying to keep it at arm's length. I feel like

if I let it come to the surface...let it erupt...I'll be overwhelmed by

pain and I'm afraid of that. So I'm trying really hard to control all of

it...but I'm slowly losing my grip.

Without going into all the details, which you may find very

boring....let me just ask for help.

How do YOU deal with ugly feelings?

When you find yourself in the throes of ugly feelings (betrayal, anger,

hurt, confusion, frustration, etc...) and go off program, what do you do

to get back on track?

I would appreciate every bit of feedback I can get!

Thanks in advance!

in CO

ps - one detail that probably needs to be shared is that the feelings

I'm going through are connected to a *current* situation with a friend

of mine...and she is currently on vacation and I have no ability to

resolve any of this in the next week (or possibly longer).

Unfortunately, I work with this person and probably have to remove this

person from our leadership team. So, there are some hard decisions

coming up that will no doubt sever our working relationship and possibly

our 3 year friendship. I thought I should let you know that...because

there are certain things I can't control about this situation (which

makes me uncomfortable)...and it's ongoing...so I need some strategies

to stay on program throughout what could be a very stressful time in the

next couple of weeks. Thanks again!

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