I have always maintained that I am not an emo-eater. Loneliness doesn't make me binge. Mostly I go the opposite direction when I'm sad or angry, meaning I DON'T eat - especially with sadness. Extreme sadness (loss of a loved one, etc) could mean lack of adequate food for days.
BUT YESTERDAY was a different story. I binged. OMG, I binged. On cheese whiz & crackers (Ritz!!) and that was AFTER I'd had my healthy yummy breakfast & was completely satisfied hunger-wise.
This was a very sad binge. I was so sad... sometimes the holidays bring that out in me. So no real reason for the sadness; nothing major happened; nothing out of the ordinary or anything like that. Just a general sadness. And I binged on the cheese & crackers until I felt like barfing. I sooo hate that feeling.
And now I wonder if I haven't binged on sadness in the past & just didn't recognize it as sadness. I feel weird.