I agree with altoids. I've been eating like a demon this week, all comfort foods, definitely from stress. What I am trying to do is, make different comfort foods in an effort to retrain myself to want them instead of garbage, like that curried lentil thingie I had crockpotting the other day. When the freakfest started, I kept picturing myself coming home, changing into my pj's, another comfort thing, and snuggling down on the couch with a big spicy bowl of this basically healthy dinner. I'm starting to like spicy foods as comfort foods, I'm not sure why, but it's better than crap, which I eat PLENTY of.<br><br>
I also like altoids' idea of not only sitting quietly and allowing yourself to feel the feeling, but something I read in my yoga magazine: saying something to the effect of "I care about this suffering" or something that shows compassion toward yourself. Our feelings are real, the fears, anger, frustration, whatever it is, and often it's deeper than what it seems. Getting to the root of that, according to stuff I've read, will help you to comfort yourself without feeling that you have to stuff the feelings down with a pile of food. That's what we're really doing, you know. Same thing as getting drunk or getting high to not have to deal with the discomfort of feeling crappy.<br><br>
I struggle with this constantly, but the mindfulness stuff I am just starting to study and try and sometimes it helps, it takes focus and patience, but I think it can work.