What do you eat when you are depressed?

@thewayis (646)
Bulgaria
January 13, 2010 3:02am CST
When I am depressed or stressed out I usually don't think about eating, but when I eventually think about eating something, I always choose chocolate. How about you? What is the first thing that pops into your mind when you are dperessed and hungry?
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@nocturn98 (956)
• Venezuela
13 Jan 10
Whenever I'm down, I'd get a pint of ice cream. It's my comfort food. It reminds me of my childhood, birthdays, and other happy occasions. After finishing the whole pint my stress goes away.
@thewayis (646)
• Bulgaria
13 Jan 10
Wow, when I hear something like that I always think of the movies. There are a lot of female characters that use ice cream as antidepressant in the movies. It is nice, but as it is winter here I didn't think of it in the first place Ice cream rocks
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@DenverLC (1143)
• Philippines
13 Jan 10
I dont eat when I am feeling depressed. I do drink but not that much, then watch comedy movie until my eyes will be tired, then go to sleep.
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
15 Jan 10
Hi, thewayis. I don't usually eat anything. I don't have an appetite when I am very depressed. I can think hard when I am eating chocolate but that is only when my mind is in a thinking stage. No food for me when I am depressed or stressed.
@Java09 (3075)
• United States
13 Jan 10
When I'm depressed,I don't eat much at all.I have clinical depression,I don't have much of an appetite.I don't know why I don't lose weight over it.
@thewayis (646)
• Bulgaria
13 Jan 10
Well, even if you loose weight over it, you will probably get it back as soon as you feel better. I have a friend who eats nothing for weeks when in depression and she lalways looses some weight, but not for long
@vycess (1588)
• Saudi Arabia
13 Jan 10
I eat also chocolate... When I'm depressed I either eat a lot or not eat... I'm not really consistent... But I prefer to eat many when I'm depressed. I don't know really the reason it is just like a coping mechanism..
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• India
13 Jan 10
whenever i feel depressed i don't think about eating,but my friends will convince me as much as possible,after some time i used to roam with my best friends and i like drink the hot coffee and i share my things with my friends openly,then i will pray to the almighty god ,he will clear every depressed things.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
15 Jan 10
Oh the joys of comfort food as that is what I consider the food that I eat when depressed to be. This is probably the one time in my life that I'm not really conscious about what I am eating. The last time that I needed some comfort food, I bought a pint of Hagan Daz Peanut Butter and Chocolate ice cream and ate the entire pint in one night. It didn't make the hurt go away, but it helped me to feel somewhat better.