friday was a takeaway. sunday was a roast. holidays were restaurants. a bad day was a specific bar of chocolate at a specific time
Thread · #mental-health · 2025-06-24
when eating was the hobby, the reward and the plan
Spun off from a message in #mental-health on 2025-06-24. 6 messages, 2 participants.
The message this came from
- stopped_and_regained — the part i wasnt ready for was how much of my week was structurally about food and not about hunger at all 21:34
take the appetite away and all of that scaffolding is still standing there with nothing in it
i went to a restaurant with friends in month 3 and cried in the toilets. not because of the food. because i had nothing to look forward to about the evening
and you cant say that out loud to anyone because it sounds absurd next to what youve gained
it sounds absurd here and here is the only place i said it
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it got better. it took me about eight months to build a week that wasnt organised around meals. it did not fix itself, i had to actually do it