Binge Eating

Buried Feelings

Also known as: Bingeing · Overeating episodes · Out of control eating

Soothingdeprivationemptinessrebellionshamenumbnessurgency
Possible Buried Beliefs
  • “I can't stop once I start.”
  • “I've been deprived long enough.”
  • “Food is the only comfort.”
Healing Notes

Emotion Link offers these as possible associations to explore, not causes or diagnoses. Possible purpose or secondary gain: bingeing may fill emptiness, break restriction, and interrupt feelings too big to sit with.

Shame loosens in the presence of being seen and not rejected. Naming it out loud is often the first crack of light.

Hard to Go Places

The places the body has been avoiding — the feelings, truths, or moments it has been organised to keep at a distance.

  • Binge Eating

    Sitting with the feeling before the food.

  • Shame

    Allowing yourself to be witnessed in the parts you've spent a lifetime hiding.

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