Glad to see you all here. Coni its nice to hear from you again. Boy do you lay it down like I feel. I think most of us are fighting depression and stress problems. I totally understand hiding under the covers and not answering the phone. I still think it takes guts and fortitude to put on your makeup and jokes and keep going! I also think there are a lot of stress/ depression  triggers that we can discover and learn to handle. I find I have a stress reaction to changes in air pressure, like I start getting tired, depressed and headachey  before it is going to rain. Now if I am paying attention I know what is going on and it doesn't seem so bad and endless. If I can handle that kind of stress I can learn to handle the serious stress like kids, family and co-workers.  We all know eating is not the answer, but there is an answer. We all have to live in the lives we have, so we need to find out how to do it the best and healthiest way we can. There is hope. Have a beautiful day and enjoy the rain. Suzanne

LOL, faster would definitely been nice.  Is it possible that this site is even SLOWER??!!  And by the way SF...the e-mail function STILL does not work:)

lol... this site is a mess!   Amy!  I got to figure this thing out.. man!  Why not make something easier not harder???  just faster would of been nice?

Who the heck is Amy??!!!  Guess I need to create a profile again.  BTW this is sayeater....

Hey Coni!!!!!  Can't tell you how glad I am to see you here today!!!!!!!!!!  Have no idea how or if I can leave you a message on here anymore so I just wanted to say you were sorely missed!  Welcome back!

Glad I popped by today to see this post.  It is relevant in my life each day.. I have issues dealing with stress.  I don’t do well with it.. well to others it looks like I’m doing well.. co-workers, family, friends.. then I get in the car and I cry.. I’ll cry for days and weeks sometimes.  I eat too.. bad foods, fatty/sugary/salty type junk.. I lay around.. hide under covers and wont answer the phone or door.  I always put on the front, laugh and joke, put on make-up and do my hair.. but inside some terrible things are going on. 

I just need to remember how good I feel when I exercise; it is an amazing transformation.  I need to remember how well I feel when I eat healthy; it is better than any ice cream can taste.  Just hard to change when you have this pattern set in your brain.. it is a daily battle, but one that can be won. 

Wow, you are so on target with how I have been feeling the last month or so.  Whenever I am feeling stressed about something now, I ask myself "What can I do about it?" .  Anything that I can do no matter how small helps me feel like I am making progress and attacking the issues.  And what doesn't help???  Out of control eating!!! I think this is one of the most exciting parts of my journey so far because I feel myself reacting to life differently and know that slowly but surely I am changing.

Wow, Suzanne.  Great post.  And I needed to read it today.

A job lead I had didn't turn out in my favor.  When I got home, I sat down and cried for a little while instead of eating my way through the kitchen.  I felt:  disappointment, sadness, inadequacy, and a little anger at myself and the world.  But I didn't feel hungry, so I didn't have anything to eat.

And I'm discovering that if I feel my feelings when they're there, they don't last forever.  Tonight I'm feeling a little better.  I did some online research on going back to school.  Maybe I can get into a better paying field...

Thanks again for posting this.

Patty

Julia way to go not letting health problems get inyour way. also if i have not said welcome to the group then welcome.

Finally after 3 trys i can respond.

1. Way to go not turing to food . I hope I have that will power like you.

2. what you said really got me thinking  and still thinking about it.

. Thanks for posting.