Does anyone else binge/overeat from being nervous?
I don't mean the classic case of nerves like "oh my god i am stressed because i have this job interview." I mean very mild nerves...basically just being in any setting that is not my normal setting. And i'm not an anxious person by any means. But i have noticed that i do get slightly anxious/nervous when i'm in a new place or new setting, and that seems to make me binge.
For example, this weekend i went snowboarding with a bunch of friends. We rented a condo. It was fun...and it's not that i'm "nervous" around my friends, per se. But it was just the different setting...threw me out of my comfort zone a tiny bit, just enough to make me eat constantly the whole weekend.
I think i've been pretty successful at addressing the other things that used to make me binge--such as anger, being tired, loneliness, etc. But i never really thought about the nerves thing until now. That's the only explanation i can think of for why i overate this whole weekend; it's not like anyone else was overeating, so it wasn't peer pressure or anything. And when i think back to other instances, it kind of makes sense. For example, i'm kind of bad at mingling--so at parties, i'll tend to stand near the food table and munch constantly.
Last edited by surfergirl2; 03-07-2013 at 01:32 PM.
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