I posted back in February about dear roommate's pilot BF that would not stop texting his exes. This has been a constant issue in their year together and she even broke up twice for a short time. Well, 4 mons later he's still doing the same sh*t. He sees nothing wrong and assumes that she's emotional and unstable bc its that time of month (which its not). She broke it off for good today because his actions weren't reflecting his words (said she was The One he wanted to spend rest of life with) plus who keeps texting their exes and expects it to all be okay. He was also a man baby that still lived at home at 31.

Worst week ever. I need today to be Friday so that I can not do anymore screwups at work. I am emotional, stressed, anxiety is freaking out.... I am so done.

So anxiety attacks are for attention? Wow. I'm an empath. What that means is that I can actually feel the emotions of anyone around me. If I'm in a store, and someone walks by me who is angry - I am suddenly angry. If they are sad or depressed - I get sad and depressed. Now put me somewhere where there are 10, 20, 30 people, all with different emotions - I start shaking, can't breathe and have to get the hell out of there. There are things that I can and HAVE to do before leaving the house, but if I'm in a rush and forget, it's all over. I recently ran to the store "real quick" and ended up stuck in line with someone getting a price check. Usually I can stand there forever with no problem, but I could feel the people behind me getting pissed off. By the time I was checked out, I was ready to kill someone and couldn't get out of there fast enough. It's emotionally exhausting and definitely not for fucking attention.

Oh for the love of Pete!!! I have just heard of the latest label we can now slap on a kid, you know, to make sure they grow up with as many hang ups as possible. It's not enough that there seems to be a big push for ever kid to be labeled as anxious or depressed or emotionally sensitive or whatever. Now it's "tactile defensive" no wonder we have all these little idiots running around with there trigger warnings and safe places. Victim is the new religion. No longer are we to be strong and capable of overcoming adversity. Dealing with bad things that happen and getting over it. Now we have to wear every little this like a scout badge for the world to see. Your nobody if you are not afflicted.

BF and I both agreed to hold off on sex to allow some time to focus on ourselves while working on strengthening our emotional connection. He has to focus on school and I need to work out my issues. I used to want sex at least 4x a week and thought he would scoff at the idea that I wouldn't be able to remain celibate, but he was all in and very supportive. I'm sure I'll miss the physical intimacy, but we can get creative in other ways.

For my closest friend, her life did not truly begin until her verbally and emotionally abusive parents both passed away. I cannot believe the change with her in the past 3 years.

Food is emotional. We associate food with celebrations, memories, Grandma's love...on the chemical level, we've all heard it triggers responses in the brain just like emotions do. That's why people are so sensitive to anything and everything that challenges it. It may never happen culturally, but if you can personally adjust your view to see food as fuel first and not as reward, or Christmas, or the only reason to hang with friends, adjusting it in a healthy way can be a lot easier. That's all easier said than done, I know, but it might help to consider the root of the struggle.

I used to eat for emotional reasons and I managed to stop doing it. How? By planning out healthy things to nosh on when I was emotionally hungry--I'd eat a handful of frozen grapes instead of ice cream, carrots with hummus instead of chips and dip, stuff like that. I almost always got full and stopped craving junky foods. I also learned to journal my feelings--a lot of the time, I ate because I didn't know what I was feeling and I didn't like that. I grew up in a family where emotions weren't okay, so learning to feel them took a little practice.

I am one of "those" people that eat for emotional reasons. When I'm sad or anxious or depressed I eat (unless I don't eat all, which can be the case too when I'm having an episode of depression). I'm overweight (ok, fat, I'm fat ok?) and my emotional eating is the main reason. It makes me feel ashamed that I wear my neuroses and mental health issues on my body. I'm not ashamed of my fat body, it's sexy and strong, but I hate that people can see what's going on in my head by the way my body looks. At least that's how I feel.

I have started IF. It works really well, and is super easy. Unless you are one of those people that eat for emotional reasons, and feeds their feeling, it's really easy. Requires very little willpower.