Compelling. Compulsive. Not able to be resisted. Irresistible urge that goes against one’s conscious wishes.

Can anyone relate to this issue?

Geneen Roth, the guru of eating disorders, says this:

“I tell them that if compulsive eating is anything, it’s a way to leave ourselves when life gets hard.  When we don’t want to notice what is going on. Compulsive eating is a way we distance ourselves from the way things are when they are not how we want them to be. I tell them that ending the obsession with food is all about the capacity to stay in the present moment. To not leave themselves. I tell them that they don’t have to make a choice between losing weight and doing this. Weight loss is the easy part; any time you truly listen to our hunger and fullness, you lose weight. But I also tell them that compulsive eating is basically a refusal to be fully alive. No matter what we weigh, those of us who are compulsive eaters have anorexia of the soul. We refuse to take in what sustains us. We live lives of deprivation. And when we can’t stand it any longer, we binge. The way we are able to accomplish all of this is by the simple act of bolting–of leaving ourselves–hundreds of times a day.” Women Food and God

It seems that any compulsive behavior does just that; removes us from ourselves. Could be checking a phone 100 times a day. Could be taking another pill for pain long after the surgery. Could be most anything that keeps us from being in the now.

Which is so tragically sad since the now is the only place we really live.

Heaven help us all to have the courage to truly feel and create and work and cry and mourn and love and laugh in the days and years we have here!

My love and best wishes,

Jacque

P.S. If you are having a struggle with a compulsive behavior that may be keeping you from living a full and rich life, please, seek help from a qualified therapist you can trust. Running isn’t the answer! Besides, the world needs your beautiful self and your unique gifts!

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