One of the most common reasons for binge eating is an attempt to manage unpleasant emotions such as stress, depression, loneliness, fear, and anxiety. When you have a bad day, it can seem like food is your only friend.👍
Daily dose of Medicine. I like your UA-cam name also everything you wrote completely related to myself and how i feel i eat to numb the sadness the anger my depression kati s video completely spoke to me it helps to calm me watching and listening to kati also reading people s comment s I can relate too x
well said-- exactly what I'm experiencing right now. I'm drinking lots of water and trying to breathe through this. it is very difficult, i dont want to give in
Right there with you. I was 170 pounds in 2018, went through a breakup and some other things that made me real depressed, now I'm 240. Food fills the emptiness inside of me. I'm trying to figure a way out of this
Lexi. Your comment spoke to me and reminded me of myself and the things I go though because of depression my weight the fact i eat to much or to little i am glad to be here on kati s videos and it helps me to meet and talk to new people who feel and suffer the same as me x
I sent this to my parents to try to explain some of the things I went through. It can be quite difficult to put these things into word, your videos help me a lot in that sense
Food addiction is harder because you can't just "quit cold turkey". It would be like an alcoholic trying to recover, but needing to still drink just a sip once per day and pretending like it's not gonna tempt them.
Hello from Gaza. You have been godsend for the people of Gaza. English students translate your videos and air them over local radios here in Gaza. You are well known here in Gaza.
My weight gain is 100% because of binging from depression. And of course the weight gain made my depression worse. It turned into an addiction quickly and I was eating fast food every day, alone, in a parking lot, shamefully. Yesterday I had fast food for the first time in 5 months and I finally felt like I had control over something that had control over me for so long. I have a long way to go, but the reminder that I am capable of this helps.
@@emmajean2386 Combination of many things: omega-3 fatty acids, NAC, diet change,light therapy, aerobic exercise, meditation, talk therapy. I also did ect and took antidepressants. Meds and ect helped me a tiny bit, natural treatments did most of the work. I'm 90% recovered now, still not perfect, but I'm in a good place. I talk about my recovery in detail on my channel.
I gained 300lbs over several years of constant depression and over eating. I didn't even realize I was gaining so much because I didn't look at myself. Now I just feel disgusted that I let myself get like this. I've lost some weight, but the depression hasn't gone away.
Yes for sure. I've had depression and anxiety from the age of 12 and that's when my weight climbed up. I am now 35. Every time I am feeling low ill eat way more than ill normally would. Due to loneliness food is my my only friend. Is something to look forward it, to occupy my time, numbs me out for a good 1hour.
I've suffered clinical depression for years, anorexia, orthorexia, and now finally binge eating disorder. This is by far the hardest disorder I've ever had to work through because the lack of control and care in it. With anorexia it's all you think about and all there truly is, is removing the fear of food. With a binge eating disorder its needing to find the reason to stop. Since I've always loved food, binge eating is particularly difficult as well. Wish me luck
When something triggers me I immediately go into a drive-thru, get as much food as possible and lock myself in my room. As I lay there, completely tranquilized by the food coma I just put myself in, I notice that it’s the same feeling as hurting myself or sex. No matter if it’s food, alcohol, or self-harm ect I can’t stop and I need help
That resonates deeply with me. Eating just gives me a pathway to stop thinking about things. When I feel overwhelmed and terrified, I fill myself with food and keep doing that because it is something that I find very easy and cannot fail. At some point I realise how much I have stuffed myself, and I feel both physically and mentally disgusted, which causes me to eat even more in an attempt to forget that. Finally when I am able to put an end to this cycle, I stop eating for a day or two at a time.
Really needed to hear this today, thank you. My childhood was filled with so much anxiety, food was all I had to feel good and feel a sense of control over my life. I 100% connect with that feeling of disconnecting with your body and continuing to eat well past the feeling of fullness. I wish I would have learned some of these lessons as a kid, which is why my brother and I started Joven Health to provide counseling to kids. So many kids are struggling these days, make it a point to talk to any kids you have in your life - tell them you're proud of them, you love them for who they are & encourage their family to actively take care of their mental health. Our future depends on these young people, let's invest in them as much as we can.
My younger self finds this so validating. I wish this content existed when I was struggling the most... but it still helps with my healing process even if I don't struggle with it these days. thank you kati :)
I would binge eat when my mother would mention my weight... over and over again. I ate to hit back at her. As soon as I cut her from my life I had no need to binge eat. I might stress eat at times on nuts or popcorn but not as often as I did. 75% of my food issues came from my mother. The other 25% I fully claim.
Something that's been helping me (in conjunction with Kati's videos and podcast!) is Christy Harrison's podcast "Food Psych". It covers so many topics on disordered eating, including binge eating, and how to heal your relationship with food and your body. Just wanted to share in case it helps anyone else.
This video could not have come at a better time for me. Could relate to so much, and got some insight on how I’ve been feeling and acting, even though I don’t necessarily binge eat. Ily Kati thanks so much for your vids! 🤍🖤
I really appreciate these videos. I use them to help my partner and family have a better understanding of me in ways that I just wouldn’t be able to articulate to them on my own. Thank you!
I feel like most of my eating problems and later on my eating disorder, was fueled by having been depressed for so long. It started by losing appetite alongside all my other interests, and then later on did a 180 and it turned into binging which turned into compensating and then purging after binging.
I find a flexible meal plan and meal prepping helps me. I batch cook on Sundays and have a list on my fridge of what I have on hand, including a list of snacks. Then when I’m hungry, I can choose from my list instead of wandering the kitchen cabinets aimlessly and eating whatever jumps out first. When I eat a planned meal, I eat more balanced/in line with what the professionals I’ve seen have recommended, and am less likely to feel the urge to binge. Has worked for about 18 months post-treatment so far! 🤞🏻🤞🏻
When I was depressed my problem was not related to food. I over-slept all the time! Yes,so that I don't want to deal with the depressing reality! Anyway, Kati thank you so much. 💖
Okay I'm going to be super honest. Started the video and just started crying when you listed the different signs or expressions of depression. I need a lot more help than I'm getting but Im tired of fighting for myself. I just need somebody to come and tell me its okay and that theyre with me and will help me find professionals and be there to make sure I get better. this is random and stupid but I just wanted to say this in a place where nobody knows me. Hope everyone's doing okay, sending all my love to anyone who needs it today.
I am so sorry you are having such a tough time.. there are groups online and we have our community facebook page for some peer support too :) You can find it just by finding my page over there and joining (it's called KATI). I hope you know you are not alone and are able to get the help you need soon. xoxo
Thank you! I needed this. I literally just told myself no more fast food and sweet this week because I’ve found myself going to that lately. And I’m sitting here watching this while eating chocolate and noodles.. 😩 You saying a reasoning for over eating might be because of not receiving attention really hit me an set off a light bulb. I’m take my meds everyday but it doesn’t help some days it feels like.
I highly recommend the book “Anti Diet” my Christy Harrison RD. She gives a history of diet culture, explains the pendulum of diet binge cycle, and talks about weight stigma and bias, particularly in the health care system.
Does this person attempt to argue that being overweight (fat) is better than being at a healthy weight (skinny)? That would particularly anti-rational and anti-helpful to people trying to improve themselves.
When I binge, I usually credit it to self-medication/numbing device, or a desire to be full (of something). I had an aha! moment when you suggested a desire to exert control over one's own life. A lot of times I feel I am doing the bidding of others, putting up with detestable situations, and I DO binge because at least I have control over the bounty of food I buy and can consume. I went crazy yesterday with a binge for this very reason. I was too depressed to work (but I have to, of course), and my roommate finally left the house for a few minutes. Thank you.
Thank you, this is exactly the content I needed right now! ❤️ Recently started a new antidepressant (Mirtazapin) and it has made me crave carbohydrates like never before and has given me the urge to binge-eat constantly. It’s really difficult to feel in control of it and the shame after binging is awful and only makes me feel worse 😞
I had two binges this weekend and I'm still trying to recover and forgive myself. I think that too much unmanaged stress can make it hard for me to fight binges. I think it's due to lack of social interactions and struggling to find peace in my life right now as well. Eating is comforting unfortunately. I've been trying to break my emotional attachment to it. Prior to this weekend I had been doing really well with my eating habits so I'm hoping to recover from this weekend.
I should send this to my old boss. Had a patient get a prescription for an appetite suppressant with the diagnosis MDD (Major Depressive Disorder) and she was going to refuse it. Took like ten minutes of back and forth for it to click.
I just came across your channel and it is great! Mental Health is a topic that is not discussed enough. Your videos have motivated me to continue my own mental health youtube channel! Tackling the stigma of mental health needs to be a topic discussed more. Thanks for the content and keep it up!
I started therapy a year ago to cope with some transitions in my life and as I started to see progress in my mental health, my perception on food consumption and eating habits started to drastically change on their own. I started to develop sensitivity to hunger, satiety and cravings signals. Sometimes your eating habits are symptoms of underlying mental issues (and lots of emotional baggage in my case). I highly urge you to seek therapy if you're struggling with food!!!
I haven't quite found my answers yet but I know that my chronic pain impacts my binge eating disorder. I'm aware of it obviously. There seems to be a strong connection to an increased level of pain and having a desire for more food than I need.
Eating a can of Pringles and drinking a soda as I am watching. Depression is so real. I notice that I grab food if I don’t feel good about myself or some people that have triggered me.
I keep going through this thing where I will get depressed over a problem in my life then I’ll start binging for months till I feel better. I’m tired of this
Since I've been watching you I've been seeking help and you have helped me seek help for my mental health I don't know how long I've been watching you but this therapy session that I had today was the first one that felt like it truly sunk in and worked it's pretty cool I don't know I just finally feel like I'm feeling better and I found the therapist that is going to get me there not quite the psychiatrist though but we're getting there
Why I feel like I binge or just eat without feeling anything. Just feeling like no one cares about me. Or I'm a waste of life makes me binge eat. It's like I'm self sabotaging myself. I had a baby in January 2021. I had a rough time with depression and eating even before getting pregnant. But wasn't as bad as it is now. But during my pregnancy I lost 70lbs. Due to being a gestational diabetic. Changed my outlook on food and eating habits for my baby. Had her I felt great. Idk what happened. After a couple months I slowly started gaining. Now it's to the point where I would literally eat anything. I'm always putting myself down. Saying how much I hate myself. I just feel very alone. I am constantly jealous of people around me who have support from family when it comes to their kids. I can never get any alone time. When I actually do I feel guilty. So it rarely happens. I have had a to me a bad childhood. Bullied at school and at home. I wasn't a bad person but was always treated like I was by family. I am married. I had my tubes tied after I had my baby. I do have two kids. I do feel sad that I will never experience growing a baby. But I know with my health and age I would be luckt to carry without a miscarriage. So I made that decision. So I am just all bottled with emotions from childhood to now. And on top of that I don't feel loved by my husband. Not as much as I should. We had a really rocky relationship from the start. Even after marriage and having our first child things seem to get worse. And of course I feel like I am ruining his life. I feel like he's not happy with me. Even tho he says he is. It's those actions tho. Words don't mean anything without action. I am scared to talk to anyone about my feelings about everything cause I feel like they are not valid. So I eat. I hate food. I hate that it made me gain those 70lbs in such a short amount of time. I feel so ugly. I feel like a loser. I feel like a failure. I'm so behind on house work all the time. I love my kids but I feel like a failure to them.
Thank you Kati, when I am depressed I just give up eating. Oddly enough though, I have started to watch UA-cam cooking channels and following the recipes and cooking does pick me up. It's like this tastes alright, look what I've done. I can use that to think I have done something positive for myself.
My binge eating started when I started dieting and exercising after rescuing my husky, Martin. I already had severe OCD, anxiety and depression. But I started restricting hardcore and lost a bunch of weight. But it got crazy then I started picking “cheat days” and started binging hard. It’s at its worst right now and im about to start restricting again on Sunday or Monday and counting calories until I go back down to at least 140. Im 160 right now and that’s the most I’ve been since I was still drinking and before I got Martin. I went down all the way to 130 then stopped counting calories but I still would restrict what I ate until I reached a cheat day which always ends with a binge. Im currently on three day binge. Bout to restrict hard. I’ve been working on myself and have made alot of progress. Then I started going off the rails again after stress and being rejected by girl whom I cared deeply for. I’m a mess but I’m taking day by day with my husky and will get back on track soon hopefully. My depression is mostly due to being lonely and not having a partner. In the meantime I’ll continue to work on myself and build a better life for myself and dog.
Can you do an updated video on chewing and spitting please? It’s really frustrating that no one sees it as an eating disorder or anything. It’s a very confusing and lesser known addiction that takes over my life. Is it an addiction? An ED? My doctors treating me for self harm (they’re calling the chewing and spitting self harm) and I’m on a long waiting list for cbt. I’ve seen someone once for cbt but I just feel soooo misunderstood all the time.
I needed this. I lost my job last year thanks to covid. Now, I'm struggeling to get back into things and looking into switching things up. it is hard though. Single father of three and I gained so much weight in 2020.
Thank you for this! Time to go back to my DBT folder and look at my skills! Wise mind, emotion regulation interpersonal skills and distress tolerance! Need to go back to journaling.
thank you for the great video. I stumbled upon the cause of my binge eating at age 33...better late than never! the cause for me was the end of the work day. Something about finishing a long day of work (often without a break) led to a 2k calorie dinner with another 500 in snacks and sometimes a beer. yikes
Sometimes the only time I get soothed is when I’m eating. It’s those endorphins. I’m in a episode now for example I didn’t even realise but I hadn’t brushed my teeth for 3 days and hadn’t showered for 2. I just thought I was bored but today I’ve gotten in a mood where I just feel despair and can’t stop thinking of killing myself or cutting myself. I’m crying a lot which I generally don’t do. I have a tight feeling like I’m about to explode but at the same time sinking and wanting to sleep. I’m not pricing what my body needs and also don’t care either. It’s a person at work doing it, I know it is. They are at least worsening it and pushing past my threshold of coping,
I feel similar. I overeat (usually to a much lesser extent than I used to, which is good) to feel nothing and shut down emotions, especially when I feel lonely, vulnerable or empty.
I've recently realized I feel have an eating problem. I will go for days without eating much, (only a pop tart or 2 or a few cookies, or a piece of pizza) for 2-4 days at a time. To me having to eat is a burden and a complete turn off. My family (and myself) have become concerned when I am not eating dinner with them because i'm "not hungry". I do feel the feeling of hunger in my stomach and even intense hunger most times, but during those times, the thought of eating disgusts me, from the smell, taste and even trying to swallow the food is a complete turn off, so much so I will choose to not eat (not a food texture thing). I feel that my body is craving food during these times, yet my brain will not allow me to eat or tricks my body to believe it sick (to gag or be disgusted by the food by smell or taste) I've gone days without eating and felt the starving feeling, yet I know if i eat anything, i will most likely become sick or disgusted at the food. I do not have any urges to be skinny or feel like i'm eating too much to be considered overweight, I just would love to find out what the EFF is wrong with my appetite. Any help you can offer or a type of specialist I should see would be amazing, as i've been going 36 yrs with this feeling. Long shot for advice here but trying anyways. thank you for your help
I’ve really been struggling and been looking for help for a month with very little progress - depression sucks but feeling unheard and unseen by professional “help” is worse.
Love your videos. Thanks so much. When depressed I crave carbs (toast !) and forgo veges. No binge eating but definitely not 'usual' for me. Always gain weight. Stay safe and best wishes from Australia xx
I'm not really depressed but I'm going through a hard time and I get cravings I try to keep under control. I started to keep track of how I feel as you said and try to understand why I feel that way and it's helping! Thank you!
How about eating for self punishment? Temporary pleasure but also knowing how sick and miserable it will make us all night and into the next day and still doing it.
Stress, pain & certain types of people were definite triggers. Since my hysterectomy, I don't have the almost crippling periods 2-4 weeks out of a month anymore, so I have really had much less binging triggers & cravings. I still love chocolate, but I find smaller portions are satisfying these days & it's easier to tell when I've had enough food sooner. I still have had moments of certain stress & people during the pandemic get me into a few shorter binge moments, but it's been way less without the chronic pain & exhaustion.
Im having sudden urge to eat right now at 3 am because of depression. Luckily it's raining outside and there isn't any food in the house. So i just missed eating like 3 to 4k calories of food just out of boredom and insomnia.
Lost my dad a year ago. I'm gradually watching myself eat my way into obesity, and for someone who has never been fat his entire life but very healthy and slim, this is terrifying.
I over-eat because it taste sooo good! It makes me feel good to taste all the flavors. It's euphoria. It also gives me digestive issues if i eat too much (which is the case more often than not), and I have IBS. I am underweight (Male, 5'7" 123 lbs) and cannot gain weight because my intestines are not absorbing the nutrients which means they are inflamed or damaged or whatever. It's very frustrating.
I’m being depressed for 12 yrs now on & off.. Depression has increase more than ever since my father passed away, so I’m dealing with Grief... I being coping with comfort food by eating chocolate since chocolate helps with your moods, but it was the worse I could have done, because I also suffer from Gerd, & when my anxiety & depression increases so does my acid reflux... this binging on chocolate took me to the hospital with bad stomach pains...Now I’m more depressed caused I have to get an upper endoscopy 🥲😣
I am so sorry for your loss :( Grief can be so difficult and definitely make our other issues feel worse. I hope you are able to get some professional help to get you through this tough time. When my dad passed away I was in therapy twice a week for awhile.. and that really helped. xoxo
Not sure how this works, in spring of 2005 I was diagnosed with MDD, in fall of 2005 I went on my third combat deployment to Iraq. In 2015 I was diagnosed with PTSD. It took almost 10 years to get treatment because the VA only authorizes 1 triggering event. I was medical and worked in a SSTP. Think trauma one ER with surgical capabilities. If you could live long enough to get to a proper hospital you would not be seen by me. We dealt with death and dying on a regular basis. Some of what we dealt with could only be described as walking into a real life horror movie. We lost a Dr with 21 years as an ER Dr. dude decided one day he had had enough and checked out (not suicide, just disassociated from reality and no longer practices medicine, we lost an anesthesiologist too, he went to take a shower and was found dead in a porta potty. He gave himself a lethal amount of morphine) Anyway, I binge sometimes when the anxiety is bad. It distracts me from racing thoughts and the feeling my chest will explode. I sometimes do not eat for very long periods of time (we had to store dead bodies in the food freezers and we couldn’t tell anyone) so yeah I have food issues, freezer issues, grocery store issues especially the freezer sections. So sometimes I use the excuse that the anxiety is just low blood sugars even when it’s not. My main reason is that eating distracts me, makes me feel better etc... so when the anxiety is bad the faster I eat the faster I feel better.... then the guilt hits... I’d rather feel guilty over anxiety.
Kati, have you ever covered Insight? I recently had a big dose of some. Its so vital to recovery I thought you may have covered it. For me its been invaluable but very painful, and I dont think I am done. You must have witnessed many people gaining insight in many ways. My recent insights felt like a Homer “doh” moment. It all falls into place .
I get derealization if I don't eat. And I eat because I'm afraid my blood sugar will drop and faint. I've had all my labs done and they are all good. One Dr said my labs were better than his and it still just feels like something if off if I don't have food..I'm sick of it.
Sorry for the long paragraph hahah no one has to read it^^ I have anorexia and depression, I had a kind of binge today (like I ate much more than I usually do but still ate less than a non-disordered person would I just felt so out of control... I think I ended up somewhere around 1000-1500 calories, maybe a bit less but it still makes me feel terrible), I think it was mostly my last attempt that triggered it, I had it two days ago and I binged before that as well since I thought it wouldn’t truly matter anymore but now my mom brought up how “I lost weight” and “I should eat more” and I get that but when I looked into the mirror and still saw myself as fat (even though according to my bmi i’m underweight) I got kind of triggered I guess and I just ate out of anger/irritation and now I’m convincing myself that I must not actually have anorexia and must have been “faking it”... Before these two binges I fasted for 2 weeks so now not only do I feel extremely guilty I also feel physically sick... I really wish my attempt worked, everyone tells me that I’m only 15 so I have a whole life ahead of me but honestly I just wish I could let go, it’s been like this for more than 4 years and this one was my 8th attempt since the start of the school year... I’m just tired of trying to live, I’m not even able to eat a piece of tomato without crying so I basically either fast, eat 50 calories a day or binge...
Heyy, r you okay now? Hope you feeling better💕 I‘m 15 yo and been through a lot, anorexia, bullying, binge-eating, etc. seek out help, maybe talk therapy, talk to a stranger you think you trust ( helped myself) and open up about your problems(anorexia etc) stop being ashamed of yourself, because it’s not you as a person but it’s your eating disorder, depression and binge eating is an mental illness that really EXISTS, not just „keep yourself together“ Even though you don’t have binge eating by what you describe. It‘s your bodys reaction to survive, and 1500 kcal are wayyyyy too less, but I guess you know that… And also: You and your problems are „worth the attention“, or just you are always enough sick to being helped, everytime when someone is feeling bad, doesn’t matter the weight or anything else, you have the right to seek out for help and getting helped I love you, even though we don’t personally know each other, we stranger can understand ourselves. I will always think of you, and pray you get better
One of the most common reasons for binge eating is an attempt to manage unpleasant emotions such as stress, depression, loneliness, fear, and anxiety. When you have a bad day, it can seem like food is your only friend.👍
Daily dose of Medicine. I like your UA-cam name also everything you wrote completely related to myself and how i feel i eat to numb the sadness the anger my depression kati s video completely spoke to me it helps to calm me watching and listening to kati also reading people s comment s I can relate too x
@@nikkimckay860 you have been doing good things with
well said-- exactly what I'm experiencing right now. I'm drinking lots of water and trying to breathe through this. it is very difficult, i dont want to give in
Solution?!
Exactly... anything edible makes me feel better. Even if it is not tasty at all
It’s literally trying to fill the emptiness, you feel like an shell - you eat and eat but you never feel satisfied. Then you feel shame.
This describes everything and duck now i feel like crying lmao
Yep, thats exactly it. Trying to fill a void.
In my case, it can. it feels me with a sense of fullfilment when nothing else can.
It kind of makes me not feel empty, as you said. But if i dig into myself i still feel as empty an desperate as ever. It just bekame a habit for me.
Right there with you. I was 170 pounds in 2018, went through a breakup and some other things that made me real depressed, now I'm 240. Food fills the emptiness inside of me. I'm trying to figure a way out of this
Yes
Exactly!!
Same
Feel this, going through this right now and watching my weight slowly but surely climb which adds to the depression - it's utter crap!
Ugh.. I am so sorry :( I hope some of the tips I offered are helpful :) xoxo
@@Katimorton thank you so much, I adore your videos and will definitely do my best with your advice.
@@Horopter we can get through this!!
Me too...exactly. Sadly, the weight gain, causes more depression :(
Lexi. Your comment spoke to me and reminded me of myself and the things I go though because of depression my weight the fact i eat to much or to little i am glad to be here on kati s videos and it helps me to meet and talk to new people who feel and suffer the same as me x
I sent this to my parents to try to explain some of the things I went through. It can be quite difficult to put these things into word, your videos help me a lot in that sense
I know it’s so difficult right now but trust me when I say that with the right help it DOES GET BETTER!!! ❤️
I hope they listen. Good luck.
@@_just_TK Yarh, I’ve been in recovery for over a year now. But trying to explain what happened back then can be difficult. But thank you
Food addiction is harder because you can't just "quit cold turkey". It would be like an alcoholic trying to recover, but needing to still drink just a sip once per day and pretending like it's not gonna tempt them.
Fact 💯
Omg no one talks about the binge eating. I binge eat when I’m depressed. I wish I lost my appetite
When I lost my appetite that has to be something SERIOUSSSSS
Now imagine what happens when you combine bingeing, with your family making you feel like you don't deserve anything, not even food.
Hello from Gaza. You have been godsend for the people of Gaza. English students translate your videos and air them over local radios here in Gaza. You are well known here in Gaza.
My weight gain is 100% because of binging from depression. And of course the weight gain made my depression worse. It turned into an addiction quickly and I was eating fast food every day, alone, in a parking lot, shamefully. Yesterday I had fast food for the first time in 5 months and I finally felt like I had control over something that had control over me for so long. I have a long way to go, but the reminder that I am capable of this helps.
So glad you’re in a better place! ❤️
The guilt that comes from 'clean your plate, other people are starving'! Thanks, parents!
Remember adults always praising the kids who were members of the “Clean Plate Club”?
@@_just_TK My father keeps saying that African kids are starving without food to eat while I "refuse it as a picky eater"
"There are starving kids in Africa who would be so lucky and grateful to be able to eat what you're eating!"
I feel like I’m either binge eating when I’m depressed or not eating at all 👀
I know it’s so difficult right now but trust me when I say that with the right help it DOES GET BETTER!!! ❤️
It was the same for me in my worst days, always in the extremes,never in the middle. Hang on, it gets better, depression is not forever.
Same!
@@SvetlanaMinina hey, nice to read your hopeful comment. I was wondering if you could share; how did you get out ( of depression ) ? 💖
@@emmajean2386 Combination of many things: omega-3 fatty acids, NAC, diet change,light therapy, aerobic exercise, meditation, talk therapy. I also did ect and took antidepressants. Meds and ect helped me a tiny bit, natural treatments did most of the work. I'm 90% recovered now, still not perfect, but I'm in a good place. I talk about my recovery in detail on my channel.
I crave sugar and carbs when I’m depressed.. I have gained a lot of weight during to major periods
I gained 300lbs over several years of constant depression and over eating. I didn't even realize I was gaining so much because I didn't look at myself. Now I just feel disgusted that I let myself get like this. I've lost some weight, but the depression hasn't gone away.
Yes for sure. I've had depression and anxiety from the age of 12 and that's when my weight climbed up. I am now 35. Every time I am feeling low ill eat way more than ill normally would. Due to loneliness food is my my only friend. Is something to look forward it, to occupy my time, numbs me out for a good 1hour.
I know it’s so difficult right now but trust me when I say that with the right help it DOES GET BETTER!!! ❤️
@@_just_TK 💜💜💜🤞🏾
Please take care army , I also struggling with same
Borahae💜
I've suffered clinical depression for years, anorexia, orthorexia, and now finally binge eating disorder. This is by far the hardest disorder I've ever had to work through because the lack of control and care in it. With anorexia it's all you think about and all there truly is, is removing the fear of food. With a binge eating disorder its needing to find the reason to stop.
Since I've always loved food, binge eating is particularly difficult as well. Wish me luck
When something triggers me I immediately go into a drive-thru, get as much food as possible and lock myself in my room. As I lay there, completely tranquilized by the food coma I just put myself in, I notice that it’s the same feeling as hurting myself or sex. No matter if it’s food, alcohol, or self-harm ect I can’t stop and I need help
Same here😢 how’s it going?
Although I have depression, I feel I have relied on food as a comfort. I've felt comforted by food as long as I can remember.
That resonates deeply with me. Eating just gives me a pathway to stop thinking about things. When I feel overwhelmed and terrified, I fill myself with food and keep doing that because it is something that I find very easy and cannot fail. At some point I realise how much I have stuffed myself, and I feel both physically and mentally disgusted, which causes me to eat even more in an attempt to forget that. Finally when I am able to put an end to this cycle, I stop eating for a day or two at a time.
Really needed to hear this today, thank you. My childhood was filled with so much anxiety, food was all I had to feel good and feel a sense of control over my life. I 100% connect with that feeling of disconnecting with your body and continuing to eat well past the feeling of fullness.
I wish I would have learned some of these lessons as a kid, which is why my brother and I started Joven Health to provide counseling to kids. So many kids are struggling these days, make it a point to talk to any kids you have in your life - tell them you're proud of them, you love them for who they are & encourage their family to actively take care of their mental health. Our future depends on these young people, let's invest in them as much as we can.
Food can make me feel good when I’m in bad mood.
Me seeing this video pop up while eating my 4th bowl of cereal even though I'm full... the timing.
Kati, it doesn't help matters when antidepressants such as Mirtazapine increases ones appetite for carbohydrates.
I have this. I mostly feel empty and dead inside but get a short relief when I eat delicious food.
I know it’s so difficult right now but trust me when I say that with the right help it DOES GET BETTER!!! ❤️
@@_just_TK Reading this after laying in bed with pain in the stomach because I overate. I was full but continued to eat to taste the food.
Something about your voice is soothing the second I clicked on ur video it was so calming
Fatima Altamimi. I completely agree Kati s voice is calming 👍
My younger self finds this so validating. I wish this content existed when I was struggling the most... but it still helps with my healing process even if I don't struggle with it these days. thank you kati :)
So glad you’re in a better place! ❤️
I would binge eat when my mother would mention my weight... over and over again. I ate to hit back at her. As soon as I cut her from my life I had no need to binge eat. I might stress eat at times on nuts or popcorn but not as often as I did. 75% of my food issues came from my mother. The other 25% I fully claim.
Something that's been helping me (in conjunction with Kati's videos and podcast!) is Christy Harrison's podcast "Food Psych". It covers so many topics on disordered eating, including binge eating, and how to heal your relationship with food and your body. Just wanted to share in case it helps anyone else.
Me, seeing this video in my recommendation just as I walk around my kitchen to find things to binge on at 3 AM: 👁️👄👁️
This video could not have come at a better time for me. Could relate to so much, and got some insight on how I’ve been feeling and acting, even though I don’t necessarily binge eat. Ily Kati thanks so much for your vids! 🤍🖤
I really appreciate these videos. I use them to help my partner and family have a better understanding of me in ways that I just wouldn’t be able to articulate to them on my own. Thank you!
I am so glad they are helpful! Let me know if there's ever a topic you want me to cover :) xoxo
Your videos have been so helpful. I have BPD and I always come here whenever I need to understand something 😌
I feel like most of my eating problems and later on my eating disorder, was fueled by having been depressed for so long. It started by losing appetite alongside all my other interests, and then later on did a 180 and it turned into binging which turned into compensating and then purging after binging.
I find a flexible meal plan and meal prepping helps me. I batch cook on Sundays and have a list on my fridge of what I have on hand, including a list of snacks. Then when I’m hungry, I can choose from my list instead of wandering the kitchen cabinets aimlessly and eating whatever jumps out first. When I eat a planned meal, I eat more balanced/in line with what the professionals I’ve seen have recommended, and am less likely to feel the urge to binge. Has worked for about 18 months post-treatment so far! 🤞🏻🤞🏻
So glad you’re doing better! ❤️
When I was depressed my problem was not related to food. I over-slept all the time! Yes,so that I don't want to deal with the depressing reality!
Anyway, Kati thank you so much. 💖
Okay I'm going to be super honest. Started the video and just started crying when you listed the different signs or expressions of depression. I need a lot more help than I'm getting but Im tired of fighting for myself. I just need somebody to come and tell me its okay and that theyre with me and will help me find professionals and be there to make sure I get better. this is random and stupid but I just wanted to say this in a place where nobody knows me. Hope everyone's doing okay, sending all my love to anyone who needs it today.
I am so sorry you are having such a tough time.. there are groups online and we have our community facebook page for some peer support too :) You can find it just by finding my page over there and joining (it's called KATI). I hope you know you are not alone and are able to get the help you need soon. xoxo
Thank you! I needed this. I literally just told myself no more fast food and sweet this week because I’ve found myself going to that lately. And I’m sitting here watching this while eating chocolate and noodles.. 😩
You saying a reasoning for over eating might be because of not receiving attention really hit me an set off a light bulb.
I’m take my meds everyday but it doesn’t help some days it feels like.
I know it’s so difficult right now but trust me when I say that with the right help it DOES GET BETTER!!! ❤️
I highly recommend the book “Anti Diet” my Christy Harrison RD. She gives a history of diet culture, explains the pendulum of diet binge cycle, and talks about weight stigma and bias, particularly in the health care system.
Does this person attempt to argue that being overweight (fat) is better than being at a healthy weight (skinny)? That would particularly anti-rational and anti-helpful to people trying to improve themselves.
When I binge, I usually credit it to self-medication/numbing device, or a desire to be full (of something). I had an aha! moment when you suggested a desire to exert control over one's own life. A lot of times I feel I am doing the bidding of others, putting up with detestable situations, and I DO binge because at least I have control over the bounty of food I buy and can consume. I went crazy yesterday with a binge for this very reason. I was too depressed to work (but I have to, of course), and my roommate finally left the house for a few minutes. Thank you.
Thank you, this is exactly the content I needed right now! ❤️ Recently started a new antidepressant (Mirtazapin) and it has made me crave carbohydrates like never before and has given me the urge to binge-eat constantly. It’s really difficult to feel in control of it and the shame after binging is awful and only makes me feel worse 😞
Yup that's the problem with most anti depressants. It worsens binge eating.
I struggle with binging and this is helping me understand myself in a better way.
i swear you uploaded this when i got depressed 🥺
I had two binges this weekend and I'm still trying to recover and forgive myself. I think that too much unmanaged stress can make it hard for me to fight binges. I think it's due to lack of social interactions and struggling to find peace in my life right now as well. Eating is comforting unfortunately. I've been trying to break my emotional attachment to it. Prior to this weekend I had been doing really well with my eating habits so I'm hoping to recover from this weekend.
It’s ok to slip up, the most important thing is to forgive yourself & keep doing your best ❤️
@@_just_TK Thank you ❤️
I should send this to my old boss. Had a patient get a prescription for an appetite suppressant with the diagnosis MDD (Major Depressive Disorder) and she was going to refuse it. Took like ten minutes of back and forth for it to click.
I can't believe a boss would try and do that to an employee!!! Ugh!!
@@Katimorton I should clarify I was a CPhT and this was my Pharmacist. So sorry.
I just came across your channel and it is great! Mental Health is a topic that is not discussed enough. Your videos have motivated me to continue my own mental health youtube channel! Tackling the stigma of mental health needs to be a topic discussed more. Thanks for the content and keep it up!
I started therapy a year ago to cope with some transitions in my life and as I started to see progress in my mental health, my perception on food consumption and eating habits started to drastically change on their own. I started to develop sensitivity to hunger, satiety and cravings signals. Sometimes your eating habits are symptoms of underlying mental issues (and lots of emotional baggage in my case). I highly urge you to seek therapy if you're struggling with food!!!
These strategies/tips are so valuable! It takes practice, and patience, but it’s so worth it❣️ Thank you for yet another great video❣️
Thank you for making this. I could just cry.. I needed this.
I haven't quite found my answers yet but I know that my chronic pain impacts my binge eating disorder. I'm aware of it obviously. There seems to be a strong connection to an increased level of pain and having a desire for more food than I need.
gosh just yesterday i was looking to see if you had a video about this, and now you do ;o the odds
thank you for making it though!
Great minds think alike :) I hope it's helpful!! xoxo
Eating a can of Pringles and drinking a soda as I am watching. Depression is so real. I notice that I grab food if I don’t feel good about myself or some people that have triggered me.
Thank you for putting these videos together! I am studying for my LMSW exam and find your videos very helpful and informative.
I keep going through this thing where I will get depressed over a problem in my life then I’ll start binging for months till I feel better. I’m tired of this
i dont want to suicide , i dont want to go to hell , i dont want to see a therapist , i have no one to help so HELP ME
Thank you for addressing this again maybe, if you have already Kati. Your videos are the best.
You're right. I overeat when I try to distract myself from emotional news ..
Since I've been watching you I've been seeking help and you have helped me seek help for my mental health I don't know how long I've been watching you but this therapy session that I had today was the first one that felt like it truly sunk in and worked it's pretty cool I don't know I just finally feel like I'm feeling better and I found the therapist that is going to get me there not quite the psychiatrist though but we're getting there
Me, reading the title of this video while binge eating chocolate.🤭
Hugs from a fellow youtuber.❤️☘️
Irony
Me with Ramen
I hope some of the tips I offered for managing it are helpful!! Hugs to you too!! xoxo
Same with starbursts. 🤷🏻♀️
RudiG . I can relate I eat alout of sweets and crisps or chocolate basically also junk food I try to stop but I still do it I'm nikki 🖐
Me who’s overeating and crying while watching this video: 👁👄👁
Why I feel like I binge or just eat without feeling anything. Just feeling like no one cares about me. Or I'm a waste of life makes me binge eat. It's like I'm self sabotaging myself. I had a baby in January 2021. I had a rough time with depression and eating even before getting pregnant. But wasn't as bad as it is now. But during my pregnancy I lost 70lbs. Due to being a gestational diabetic. Changed my outlook on food and eating habits for my baby. Had her I felt great. Idk what happened. After a couple months I slowly started gaining. Now it's to the point where I would literally eat anything. I'm always putting myself down. Saying how much I hate myself. I just feel very alone. I am constantly jealous of people around me who have support from family when it comes to their kids. I can never get any alone time. When I actually do I feel guilty. So it rarely happens. I have had a to me a bad childhood. Bullied at school and at home. I wasn't a bad person but was always treated like I was by family. I am married. I had my tubes tied after I had my baby. I do have two kids. I do feel sad that I will never experience growing a baby. But I know with my health and age I would be luckt to carry without a miscarriage. So I made that decision. So I am just all bottled with emotions from childhood to now. And on top of that I don't feel loved by my husband. Not as much as I should. We had a really rocky relationship from the start. Even after marriage and having our first child things seem to get worse. And of course I feel like I am ruining his life. I feel like he's not happy with me. Even tho he says he is. It's those actions tho. Words don't mean anything without action. I am scared to talk to anyone about my feelings about everything cause I feel like they are not valid. So I eat. I hate food. I hate that it made me gain those 70lbs in such a short amount of time. I feel so ugly. I feel like a loser. I feel like a failure. I'm so behind on house work all the time. I love my kids but I feel like a failure to them.
Thank you Kati, when I am depressed I just give up eating. Oddly enough though, I have started to watch UA-cam cooking channels and following the recipes and cooking does pick me up. It's like this tastes alright, look what I've done. I can use that to think I have done something positive for myself.
I find that it’s a way for me to finally cry. I won’t know how sad I was feeling until I binged and then later cried.
My binge eating started when I started dieting and exercising after rescuing my husky, Martin. I already had severe OCD, anxiety and depression. But I started restricting hardcore and lost a bunch of weight. But it got crazy then I started picking “cheat days” and started binging hard. It’s at its worst right now and im about to start restricting again on Sunday or Monday and counting calories until I go back down to at least 140. Im 160 right now and that’s the most I’ve been since I was still drinking and before I got Martin. I went down all the way to 130 then stopped counting calories but I still would restrict what I ate until I reached a cheat day which always ends with a binge. Im currently on three day binge. Bout to restrict hard. I’ve been working on myself and have made alot of progress. Then I started going off the rails again after stress and being rejected by girl whom I cared deeply for. I’m a mess but I’m taking day by day with my husky and will get back on track soon hopefully. My depression is mostly due to being lonely and not having a partner. In the meantime I’ll continue to work on myself and build a better life for myself and dog.
Me: I'm depressed again *overeats*
GERD and indigestion: how many times do we have to teach you this lesson-
Can you do an updated video on chewing and spitting please? It’s really frustrating that no one sees it as an eating disorder or anything. It’s a very confusing and lesser known addiction that takes over my life. Is it an addiction? An ED? My doctors treating me for self harm (they’re calling the chewing and spitting self harm) and I’m on a long waiting list for cbt. I’ve seen someone once for cbt but I just feel soooo misunderstood all the time.
Not to mention how expensive it can be when you can’t stop yourself from buying a bunch of junk food or chocolate to chew and spit out everyday.
I needed this. I lost my job last year thanks to covid. Now, I'm struggeling to get back into things and looking into switching things up. it is hard though. Single father of three and I gained so much weight in 2020.
So my depressed ass is currently binge eating while watching this video. Oops.
I just had a full bucket of fried chicken nd this shows up in my recommendations 🤦🏾♀️
What if there's no clear trigger for a binge? Sometimes there's an event or clear feeling, but sometimes it just... happens.
Thank you for this! Time to go back to my DBT folder and look at my skills! Wise mind, emotion regulation interpersonal skills and distress tolerance! Need to go back to journaling.
thank you for the great video.
I stumbled upon the cause of my binge eating at age 33...better late than never! the cause for me was the end of the work day. Something about finishing a long day of work (often without a break) led to a 2k calorie dinner with another 500 in snacks and sometimes a beer. yikes
Literally stuffing my face as I watch this....it's been a difficult time
Sometimes the only time I get soothed is when I’m eating. It’s those endorphins. I’m in a episode now for example I didn’t even realise but I hadn’t brushed my teeth for 3 days and hadn’t showered for 2.
I just thought I was bored but today I’ve gotten in a mood where I just feel despair and can’t stop thinking of killing myself or cutting myself. I’m crying a lot which I generally don’t do. I have a tight feeling like I’m about to explode but at the same time sinking and wanting to sleep. I’m not pricing what my body needs and also don’t care either. It’s a person at work doing it, I know it is. They are at least worsening it and pushing past my threshold of coping,
Thank you for this video. You've explained it so well so I think it will definately help!
Food is all I have. It's crazy how much I think about food. I am messed up. I am disappointed in myself.
I feel similar. I overeat (usually to a much lesser extent than I used to, which is good) to feel nothing and shut down emotions, especially when I feel lonely, vulnerable or empty.
I've recently realized I feel have an eating problem. I will go for days without eating much, (only a pop tart or 2 or a few cookies, or a piece of pizza) for 2-4 days at a time. To me having to eat is a burden and a complete turn off. My family (and myself) have become concerned when I am not eating dinner with them because i'm "not hungry". I do feel the feeling of hunger in my stomach and even intense hunger most times, but during those times, the thought of eating disgusts me, from the smell, taste and even trying to swallow the food is a complete turn off, so much so I will choose to not eat (not a food texture thing). I feel that my body is craving food during these times, yet my brain will not allow me to eat or tricks my body to believe it sick (to gag or be disgusted by the food by smell or taste) I've gone days without eating and felt the starving feeling, yet I know if i eat anything, i will most likely become sick or disgusted at the food. I do not have any urges to be skinny or feel like i'm eating too much to be considered overweight, I just would love to find out what the EFF is wrong with my appetite. Any help you can offer or a type of specialist I should see would be amazing, as i've been going 36 yrs with this feeling. Long shot for advice here but trying anyways. thank you for your help
I’ve really been struggling and been looking for help for a month with very little progress - depression sucks but feeling unheard and unseen by professional “help” is worse.
I'm either like this or don't eat at all for days and days. It's actually exhausting.
Thanks Kati 💖 ily. Xxx
I gained almost 100lbs because of MDD that resulted in not leaving my house for almost a year 🙈... I just binge ate and slept all day
I know it’s so difficult right now but trust me when I say that with the right help it DOES GET BETTER!!! ❤️
Love your videos. Thanks so much. When depressed I crave carbs (toast !) and forgo veges. No binge eating but definitely not 'usual' for me. Always gain weight. Stay safe and best wishes from Australia xx
I'm not really depressed but I'm going through a hard time and I get cravings I try to keep under control. I started to keep track of how I feel as you said and try to understand why I feel that way and it's helping! Thank you!
I know it’s so difficult right now but trust me when I say that with the right help it DOES GET BETTER!!! ❤️
@@_just_TK Thank you for your kind words! 🙂 I'll keep working on it!
I binge just to feel something, even regret "is good", otherwhise i don't feel ANYTHING, just numb and very anxious.
I like how this came out as I was eating my second lunch and thinking about getting junk food afterwards lol
How about eating for self punishment? Temporary pleasure but also knowing how sick and miserable it will make us all night and into the next day and still doing it.
It's like the only enjoyment to have is eating
Stress, pain & certain types of people were definite triggers. Since my hysterectomy, I don't have the almost crippling periods 2-4 weeks out of a month anymore, so I have really had much less binging triggers & cravings. I still love chocolate, but I find smaller portions are satisfying these days & it's easier to tell when I've had enough food sooner. I still have had moments of certain stress & people during the pandemic get me into a few shorter binge moments, but it's been way less without the chronic pain & exhaustion.
So glad you’re doing better! ❤️
Im having sudden urge to eat right now at 3 am because of depression. Luckily it's raining outside and there isn't any food in the house. So i just missed eating like 3 to 4k calories of food just out of boredom and insomnia.
Lost my dad a year ago. I'm gradually watching myself eat my way into obesity, and for someone who has never been fat his entire life but very healthy and slim, this is terrifying.
Can depression make you dont eat nothing for an entire week? Yes.
Fixed that for me*
I over-eat because it taste sooo good! It makes me feel good to taste all the flavors. It's euphoria. It also gives me digestive issues if i eat too much (which is the case more often than not), and I have IBS. I am underweight (Male, 5'7" 123 lbs) and cannot gain weight because my intestines are not absorbing the nutrients which means they are inflamed or damaged or whatever. It's very frustrating.
I’m being depressed for 12 yrs now on & off.. Depression has increase more than ever since my father passed away, so I’m dealing with Grief... I being coping with comfort food by eating chocolate since chocolate helps with your moods, but it was the worse I could have done, because I also suffer from Gerd, & when my anxiety & depression increases so does my acid reflux... this binging on chocolate took me to the hospital with bad stomach pains...Now I’m more depressed caused I have to get an upper endoscopy 🥲😣
I am so sorry for your loss :( Grief can be so difficult and definitely make our other issues feel worse. I hope you are able to get some professional help to get you through this tough time. When my dad passed away I was in therapy twice a week for awhile.. and that really helped. xoxo
@@Katimorton ❤️
Hey Kati. Another great video! Can you please do an updates self-harm video please? It would be really helpful about now. Thankyou for all you do!
Thanks Kati..any video about emotions tied up with eating is helpful ;-)
S M. Hello I agree with your comment also been a while not seen you in the comments on kati s videos or podcast s hope your doing ok and take care
Not sure how this works, in spring of 2005 I was diagnosed with MDD, in fall of 2005 I went on my third combat deployment to Iraq. In 2015 I was diagnosed with PTSD. It took almost 10 years to get treatment because the VA only authorizes 1 triggering event. I was medical and worked in a SSTP. Think trauma one ER with surgical capabilities. If you could live long enough to get to a proper hospital you would not be seen by me. We dealt with death and dying on a regular basis. Some of what we dealt with could only be described as walking into a real life horror movie. We lost a Dr with 21 years as an ER Dr. dude decided one day he had had enough and checked out (not suicide, just disassociated from reality and no longer practices medicine, we lost an anesthesiologist too, he went to take a shower and was found dead in a porta potty. He gave himself a lethal amount of morphine)
Anyway, I binge sometimes when the anxiety is bad. It distracts me from racing thoughts and the feeling my chest will explode. I sometimes do not eat for very long periods of time (we had to store dead bodies in the food freezers and we couldn’t tell anyone) so yeah I have food issues, freezer issues, grocery store issues especially the freezer sections. So sometimes I use the excuse that the anxiety is just low blood sugars even when it’s not. My main reason is that eating distracts me, makes me feel better etc... so when the anxiety is bad the faster I eat the faster I feel better.... then the guilt hits... I’d rather feel guilty over anxiety.
Kati, have you ever covered Insight? I recently had a big dose of some. Its so vital to recovery I thought you may have covered it. For me its been invaluable but very painful, and I dont think I am done. You must have witnessed many people gaining insight in many ways. My recent insights felt like a Homer “doh” moment. It all falls into place .
I know when I fast it can raise my anxiety and make me agitated. But I definitely overeat if things get too stressful 😶
I feel depressed when I'm home from work, my hubby and I don't do anything for fun, my family is not around me
I get derealization if I don't eat. And I eat because I'm afraid my blood sugar will drop and faint. I've had all my labs done and they are all good. One Dr said my labs were better than his and it still just feels like something if off if I don't have food..I'm sick of it.
Sorry for the long paragraph hahah no one has to read it^^
I have anorexia and depression, I had a kind of binge today (like I ate much more than I usually do but still ate less than a non-disordered person would I just felt so out of control... I think I ended up somewhere around 1000-1500 calories, maybe a bit less but it still makes me feel terrible), I think it was mostly my last attempt that triggered it, I had it two days ago and I binged before that as well since I thought it wouldn’t truly matter anymore but now my mom brought up how “I lost weight” and “I should eat more” and I get that but when I looked into the mirror and still saw myself as fat (even though according to my bmi i’m underweight) I got kind of triggered I guess and I just ate out of anger/irritation and now I’m convincing myself that I must not actually have anorexia and must have been “faking it”... Before these two binges I fasted for 2 weeks so now not only do I feel extremely guilty I also feel physically sick...
I really wish my attempt worked, everyone tells me that I’m only 15 so I have a whole life ahead of me but honestly I just wish I could let go, it’s been like this for more than 4 years and this one was my 8th attempt since the start of the school year... I’m just tired of trying to live, I’m not even able to eat a piece of tomato without crying so I basically either fast, eat 50 calories a day or binge...
Heyy, r you okay now?
Hope you feeling better💕
I‘m 15 yo and been through a lot, anorexia, bullying, binge-eating, etc.
seek out help, maybe talk therapy, talk to a stranger you think you trust ( helped myself) and open up about your problems(anorexia etc) stop being ashamed of yourself, because it’s not you as a person but it’s your eating disorder,
depression and binge eating is an mental illness that really EXISTS, not just „keep yourself together“
Even though you don’t have binge eating by what you describe. It‘s your bodys reaction to survive, and 1500 kcal are wayyyyy too less, but I guess you know that…
And also: You and your problems are „worth the attention“, or just you are always enough sick to being helped, everytime when someone is feeling bad, doesn’t matter the weight or anything else, you have the right to seek out for help and getting helped
I love you, even though we don’t personally know each other, we stranger can understand ourselves. I will always think of you, and pray you get better
I don't even enjoy the junk food. I love that it makes me go into a food coma and I sleep. SLEEP is my drug and weed helps me get there.