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Sorry for late response to this.I have totally blown my eating habits lately by eating late night takeaways with high carbs, , and I'm currently awake with terrible thirst and feeling ill. I'm not sure why I've been doing this when I'm conscious of the diabetes - although it started with feeling low, but I know it's got to stop.
Has anyone else struggled with this type of thing? (Please be kind).
The title of the thread caught my eye.
'Self-harming'. That is exactly what this is, and I believe only those who have done something similar can truly understand.
Solutions offered:
Explaining how bad it is for you....I guess you already know that. Your symptoms, wakefulness, thirst and feeling ill are a reminder.
Telling you not to do it..... Well if only it was that simple.
Telling you to have will power, hmmm, here I don't think it is a case of falling off a wagon, or giving in to temptation, or being weak willed. It is, as you say, a form of self harm. So anyone doing it needs to be able to work out the reason why they choose to self harm. And that is not easy, because when and if you do work that out you have to decide what you are going to do about those reasons.
For many who indulge in this behaviour it is a feeling that they have failed at something or other. Others want to punish themselves. Some it is a coping mechanism for when life is stressful. I am sure there are plenty of other reasons. I have known people who have said their need to binge eat junk foods seems to take over and they are not able to be rational about it. I have experienced feelings like that too.
I am guessing that when anyone eats in an uncontrolled way they eat alone. Many people with self harm eating behaviour do this, and appear to have normal eating patterns when they are with other people.
Solutions? I think we each have to work on what is best for us. If it is emotional eating then try to be honest with oneself to face exactly what, who, when where and why those emotions are occurring. If the urge to eat the sort of foods and the quantities we know are not good for us happens when we are alone, then try not to be alone for any length of time, keep busy, get out of situations and locations where the opportunity to indulge in this behaviour can arise. If possible, confide in someone you trust and tell them what you are doing. Difficult I know because of the shame attached.
Unfortunately, it may be that you need to eat the wrong things sometimes to cope with negative emotions. If that happens, try to limit the frequency of occurrences, the quantity of food and do not feel guilty.