Food cravings = loneliness?

Did something happen for you to wonder if you're depressed? I think it depends on the person. Personally, when i feel depressed I dont have an appetite. I sort of just push myself to eat because i have to and eventually food tastes like dirt. For others, they tend to pig out and eat whatever food there is around. I sometimes feel the way you do. Im full already but i want more food. One reason may also be medical. I mean, we probably have a small stomach.

I had moments when I really crave on some food and feel lonely not being able to buy it. The cravings would sometimes go on for days until I finally have it but most of the time I enjoy what I craved for. I had watched a tv series where a boy saying to girl that the reason why she's always eating is because she's lonely. She's feeling something is missing and tries to replace that missing feeling with food. That made me thinking that maybe I was lonely and craved for food to be happy. And maybe it's the happiness of getting what you want (which is food) that erases your depression. But sometimes when i'm sad i don't feel like eating. haha.

I usually used to crave for some particular food when I was pregnant. I remember those foods used to be only the ones which were not available in my city or infact in my country. It used to be really difficult for me to control my crave. Most of them used to be sweets. But later on I did not have those craves. But some time I feel as if I can smell my favourite food and though I know its not possible, I used to try to figure it out, as to from where the smell is comming. Slowly I used to ignore the smell and my urge to eat that.

My friend named "Annaliza" is a civil servant. She is working under the Presidential Management Staff cluster for Urban Poor. But the shocking fact I had no idea how she grew up that much larger waistline herself. Her sister told me that she was depressed ever since she became a widow. We were friends through thick and thin we both claimed for each other. She was I think having this 26'' waistline before her husband struggled to survive from Bronchogenic Cancer. I haven't in-touched with Anna as much as we do while her husband was still ill and surviving until one day I have decided to find job in Davao City. We always communicate through emails and messengers but my friend never mentioned stuffs that matters about aesthetic. Her concerns that she mentions were often about her 2 kids and herself being a widow. February of this year I came back again here in Manila for good. I was excited to see her and so I have set a day to meet her at Greenbelt and I was just shocked as I see her that she looked like she was blown up without even herself noticed it. She claimed that she is suffering from irrational food craving syndrome. Her loneliness through the years being a widow for 2 young boys plus the fact that she has to pay the debts that piled up from Chemotherapy regimen he husband have underwent that triggered the aggression to raid the fridge, she claimed that her refuge is to eat. The feeling that she thought like its a deep well that can not easily be filled up. For now she is determined to lose weight that made her decided to consult a doctor for professional help. At least she is still conscious about her looks.

well, i think that depends on the person. Sometimes, i also crave for food even though i am still full. Yes, that can be true sometimes, when i'm depressed i do usually eat a lot.. hahah.. and i've also seen one event in a manga where the girl really did become fat because she was eating too much because of relationship problems. But, the opposite had occurred to my close friend. When she had a relationship problem she started to become thin because she doesn't want to eat.

Hi semicolonp, yes i can see the point. I think it is true. When i get upset i usually for certain food. Be it simple food or exotic delicacy. I'll be asking myself like "hmmm wat do i really really feel like having right at this moment?". And then when i finally get it, it just doesn't meet my expectations sometimes which quite frustrating. I wonder why though that when we are stress or probably lonely, we crave for certain food..