Re: Digest Number 2835

[Guest guest]

Beth,

I have found, through therapy In my case, a lot of my issues with food,

intimacy (not sexual), and abandonment came from a traumatic event in my

childhood.

The years of overeating and other destructive behaviors insulated me from

facing these terribly hard issues. Facing them at 39 without my safety valve of

overeating, drugs, and alchohol is hid in the closet scary and I'm learning

new things like actually feeling. In my case (I can only speak for myself) I

am genetically pre programmed to be heavy but food was also a coping tool for

issues too painful for a 8 year old without healthy adults around to

understand.

Kim in VA

In a message dated 12/31/2003 12:55:15 PM Central Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

> Message: 13

> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:23:17 EST

> From: BethVBG@...

> Subject: Re: Re: Therapist issues

>

> LOL...is it just me, or does there seem to be a large number of us

> who

> are/have been " crazy " and required the serves of a mental health

> professional?

> I wonder if our MO status has anything to do with this -- did our

> mental state lead to the MO, or did the MO lead to the mental state? Did

> our life

> circumstances generate both mental as well as MO issues for us?

> Is this the proverbial " which came first; the chicken or the egg? "

> Or,

> are they completely unrelated and perhaps those of us who have sought

> therapy

> are more likely to find the need for support groups such as this and we are

> self selected population and not representative of the whole.

>

> Beth

> Houston, TX

> VBG - Dr. Srungaram

> 05/31/00 - 314 lbs.

> 11/01/02 - Abdominoplasty

> 11/29/02 - 160 lbs.

> 5'10 "

>

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