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Emotional Eating Cluster
EMOTIONAL EATING PERSONALITY CLUSTER:
This personality cluster is involved in compulsive eating to block feeling emotions like anxiety, sadness, boredom, anger, guilt, jealousy, and overwhelm. Emotional Eating beliefs are:
*I must eat right now.
*I need pizza, pasta, sweet foods, ice cream, pretzels, or some cake.
*Snacks make me feel good.
*I deserve something to eat after all I've been through.
*What's a little snackepoo--what the heck.
*When I start to feel like this, I have to eat something.
*I can't stand not having what I want.
*When nobody listens or gives me attention, I think about food.
*I need goodies to feel good and block painful emotions.
*I have no control over this. I have to answer my urges.
*If I crave something to eat, I have to eat it.
*I can't stand being frustrated.
*I deserve to eat whenever I want.
*If others didn't cause me to feel this way, I wouldn't be eating like this.
*A bag of cookies and some chocolates won't hurt. I need to pamper myself.
*I'm powerless over snacking and eating.
*I'm a _______ once I get going and can't stop.
*Being chubby makes me worthless or no good.
*Easy for you to say. I have a disease!
*I don't have an eating problem.
*I'll start watching what I eat...tomorrow.
*I never could control this. Why bother?
*Once a foodaholic always a foodaholic.
*I really feel guilty about eating. I HAVE to eat something.
*I can't cope without my Godivas, pizza, or Hostess Twinkies.
*I'm not addicted to food--I control it whenever I want. There's no problem.
*I can stop later.
*A little ____________ won't hurt--what the heck. *_______________ makes me feel okay.
*I just don't have the will power.
*Just one more. Mmmm--they taste sooo good.
*I'm not responsible for this condition. It's genetic.
*I buy all THIS for my family. I can't let this go to waste?
*If I feel bad, food helps.
*I can't stop thinking about food.
*I can't help giving into my craving.
*There's a lot of pressure in my family to eat. I can't help giving in.
Take care,
Steve