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Stress Eating is Life-Affirming and Can Help Us Cope in Troubled Times
Maybe you just had an extra couple of crackers. Or was it a couple of packets of crackers, or chocolate bars, or slabs of cheese? I dunno. There are a few things I do know though.
One, I know you are worthy of respect whatever you eat or don’t eat. However closely you match up to, fall away from, or waver around your own or someone else’s idea of what you should be eating or aiming for, or what you weigh, or how you should be coping/meditating/colouring in/managing your mood or otherwise responding to stress.
The second thing I know for sure is that I’m me and you’re you. And everything is connected. So I can know what works for me, and I can share what other people have found helpful, but only you can know if it’s useful for you just now.
A year and a half ago I tripped when I was out running and head-butted a rock. The resulting head-injury meant I was on a sofa lock-down, and then subject to major getting-out-and-about-restrictions which took the next year and a bit to taper to almost my normal.
I didn’t expect to feel gratitude but I did. It arrived in a humungous lump and here’s why. My days as a young person were a minute-by-minute battle with food and my body. I had many advantages in life, and I was sorely wounded at a deep level too. One of…
