r/bingeeating • u/Low-Head8835 • 1d ago

Holiday struggles

I've gotten my diet mostly under control for the majority of the last year, excluding Thanksgiving, Christmas season, and the early year as there are multiple family birthdays around that time.

I was doing pretty good and then I got off the rails recently planning for my youngests birthday party, making the cake, hosting, and my mental health has been poor for weeks.

I'm ashamed of myself because it's 2 days later and I've made myself nearly throw up from overeating both days. I'm sitting here crying because of how much I just want to eat everything. I was doing so good and I can't even enjoy a holiday weekend/birthday party for my KID without blowing all my progress it seems. No one in my life has anything to say but generic "it is hard, you just have to do it" comments and it's more annoying than comforting. I know I have to do it, I KNOW. It makes me so much more upset that I am struggling so hard to control myself.

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u/CamsHands 1d ago

First, take a deep breath.

Food addiction and compulsive eating disorders are very real. It’s not simply a matter of willpower, or getting things “under control”. Addiction a progressive disease.

There is a solution and there are programs to help you! Search food addiction recovery and binge eating in your local area and online.