Do You Over Eat When You Are Depressed?

When I'm depressed I don't eat at all... the last time I was depressed I lost about 20 pounds.

When I was younger, I would over-eat when I was depressed, but my depression came, in part, from being over-weight. So, I made up my mind to lose weight, and went the complete opposite direction, and quity eating. Now, when I am depressed, I do not eat at all. I eat more when I am bored than I do when I am depressed.

I don't but my sister does and now she's fat. I wish I can do that too because I'm too skinny. Well, it's hard to over eat most especially at night, so I guess it's good to eat in right amount. Keep on posting!

i have the same problem. it really sucks.

when i am depressed isometimes do eat, but when i eat the food i will only eat is greasy foods like mcdonalds and any other fast food place. BUt for the ost part i really dont eat when i am depressed.

Hiya. Just reponded to your friendship request. Yep, I eat more if I am feeling low. But I guess I am lucky - being tall means that it is spread out over a larger area so people do not tend to realise the difference when I put on a bit extra! I find diets a nightmare - not for me - I just put on more weight when I start to diet as I think about nothing but the next meal down the road! So over time I have realised that I lose weight when I am busy and very actively engaged in doing things, so there is not much time to eat! Now I never bother about diets, I just try to focus on lifestyle and improving that - which is up and down in itself but it seems to be a better approach for me personally. Otherwise food goes out of focus and assumes too much importance!

I have to always watch it because I just love to cook and love to eat lol! I do not have any certain thing that triggers it, it just is something that I always have to watch. I am increasing my excercise and focusing on getting enough now more then on the dieting itself. I know , its both but I really fell back on the excercising and thats a big no no. Happy New Years!

I eat too when I am sad. Its bulemia. Its mainlt an anxiety buster act and people get comfort and a sense of security eating without requirement. It mostly results in the person gaining weight. If its a continuous symptom, then I would suggest you consult a cousellor. It will help.

When I am depressed, I tend to sleep so that I will forget my problem. In any case, I also make myself busy or sometimes eat together with my friends in a fast food chain nearby.

Usually I don't eat much when I'm depressed just when I'm bored or it's the hoildays I find myself eating more than I should. Like right now my tummy is hurting a lil bit it's po'd because we were grazing all day as things go during the holidays and my tummy is upset from it (as what goes in must come out if you know what I mean) even though I haven't eaten since 3:30pm but I'm feeling it now so I ate an apple to soothe it a bit & it's 11:30pm now. Crazy huh?? My mom was a bordom & a manic depressive eater... wich sux when you don't know any different when you are growing up that it wasn't "normal"..... hence my figure.

I used to eat when I was depressed but since I was depressed they put me on medication that surpresses my appetite. So now I dont eat a lot.

I am a stress eater, and so yes depression does lead to eating for me as well. When Im depressed I have 3 criteria for my food. 1) Its fast, 2) Its easy and 3) It is not healthy. Healthy foods never seem to comfort you like tasty fatty foods.

When i was younger and I got depressed I wouldn't eat at all and I could go a day or two and would never feel hungary so I would have to remind myself to eat. Most of the time though I ate all the time and if I was bored I would eat whether I was hungary or not. Now that I am older though it seems if I am upset, depressed, or anything else that I tend to eat and eat a lot of sweets which wasn't good for me. There were days that I would eat sweets till they made me sick. I have tried to find a balance between the two and now if I want to eat I will get something light like rice cakes and I get over wanting to eat something real fast!!!

Yes, i do. Even at the time when you crave food so bad you somethimes dont realise your doing it because you are depressed. You just feel your doing it because you want ice cream or chocolate. So my answer is yes ......... chocolate ...... mmmm lol

I tend to eat the wrong food when I am depressed. I do not over eat exactly and I do not stop eating, but I will tend to eat on chocolates, and take more of what I should not have and I will refuse to eat what I should. It is as if I am trying to shorten my life (even if it means living to seventy instead of one hundred) by eating all that junk food. So I make sure there is hardly any available in the house and I have to take a long walk in order not to get any. I also went through a package of raisins and t finished off the pecans that I had saved for baking. So I put the next package in the freezer down stairs and hope I will not get that badly depressed the next time.

Yes I do!!! That is one thing that I have tried to quit by replacing it with other things like crafts, sewing, reading, mylot, but I always go back to eating and stuffing my face. Than I get more depressed.

I am the type of person, who as soon as I hear bad news or am depressed, my appetite goes immediately. It can go on for days, I just won't have the desire to eat anything. Sometimes, I will force myself to eat something, because I know that I haven't, but my body does not feel hungry at all. Times like that, food really turns me off, even foods that I really l ike.

I can't eat much when I'm depressed or anxious; I don't seem to have an appetite. However when I'm happy (or rather not unhappy), I will be snacking away throughout the day!

I eat alot when I'm bored sometimes but when I'm depressed I don't eat much at all. I want to sleep all the time. I do know a lot of people that eat when they are depressed though. Especially stuff like ice cream. My friend can put a gallon away when she's feeling down.

I am definitely right along with you... eating seems to cure all my pains! There was a time in my life when I was very sad and lonely and I used to bake a chocolate cake at least once a week.... I would bake the cake, eat a whole row of it, then throw it away so that I couln't eat the whole darn thing! On the flip side, after I first started dating the man I'm now married to, I was so happy that I over-ate, too! I think the bigger problem was that I, for the first time in my life, had someone to go out with... I was finally getting to experience nice restaurants and movies and ice cream parlors, and all that other good stuff.... These are all things that I didn't do when I was alone, and it was good to experience all of it with someone that I enjoyed spending time with! - Unfortunately, after we got married, we had to set some 'ground rules' for dining out... it is not easy for me to lose weight and I had already gained 15 pounds throughout our dating experiences, so I had to let me know about my love for found and ask him to help me control my intake of 'not-so-good' foods! Overall, I would classify myself as an "emotional eater" - not just depression, but happiness too, causes me to over-indulge!!!