Keeps on eating when depressed.

@johan143 (164)
Philippines
October 13, 2010 11:13pm CST
I have a childhood friend who has a problem with her health because when she is depress she keeps on eating any food that is available to be eaten. But me, when im depress i go to my room and like myself and cry out and sleep. i also lost appetite. how about you, what do you do when depress?
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
6 Mar 12
Most of the time my appetite is a lot smaller when I am depressed or stressed and often have to even sometimes force myself to eat. That is not the Best since I am Insulin dependant diabetic, but it does happen. Usually try to find things though that can help me get over this.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
24 Mar 12
I also think it is best to find other things in life like walking, spending time on beach, watching cartoons, listening to music, etc are better to keep a person distracted to some extend.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
3 Oct 11
If I am depressed, all I want to do is sleep. I have an awful time just staying awake. It is like my body just shuts itself down.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
12 Feb 12
I would suggest you to put on music will taking sleep. This will helps to change your mood especially when you are depressed.
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 10
Hi, I will go for food when I feel depressed,but I will control my food intake limit. After that I prefer to be alone and let myself cool down,at least I need a quiet place and probably having a sleep is one of the way to get myself out from depression. I try not to get myself in depression,of course, life is up and down and can have some stress,however, if I quickly settle up the problem, the stress may not occur and I can feel more relax once I got it settle down.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
28 Sep 11
I think it is better to hear music rather than eating food and it is good to watch movies.
• China
24 Mar 11
No i don't eat when i get depress. That time i can't eat. My lyrinx don't allow me to go the good inside my stomach.I do the same what you do. When i am depress then some time i do cry and just to my bed for sleep.Because i love to be alone that time.I need some space to overcome my depress. Good luck!
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
19 May 12
I think one should try to listen to music and take a walk and try to do things that can help to make the body going and also mind going busy. I think most times we think of alternatives to relax our mind or to take the concentration of the depression thing and eating is one thing that a person does to remove depression.
@kodukodu84 (1569)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 10
I also lost my appetite to eat when I'm depress. I will be walking like a zombie too around the house, I can't think of anything else but being sad and miserable I will spent my time all alone in my room and don't really want to talk to other people because I become more sensitive to what people say. I'm also grumpy and not in the mood to do lots of things like going out or meeting up with friends. But I actually realised that the less thing I do when I'm depress, the faster I get better, maybe because less people will disturb me and I have so much space to think of what I should do with my problem.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
14 Oct 10
I think walking helps to pump oxygen to our brain and helps us less depressed. I have heard that when we exercise more we get more oxygen to our brain and we will get less depressed.
@msabc1 (88)
• Hong Kong
14 Oct 10
I will keep on eating and eat a lot when I'm relaxed or when I'm happy, but I usually lost appetite when I'm depressed. There were times when I did use eating to cheep up myself or compensate my depression but I found it not really useful. Keep on eating when depressed worsen the situation for all my friends around might think that I must be happy to eat such a lot, and then I feel that no one understands me, and more depressed. So I will tell my sister about it when depression strikes me, who is willing to listen, and I'll also pray to Jesus when I'm depressed now.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
4 Mar 12
Jesus Christ understands us and will answer our prayers. I think you should try to stop eating and try to find other ways to deal with depression. I would suggest you to pray, listen to music, or take a walk when you feel depressed nest time.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
14 Oct 10
One of the best way to fight depression is to keep one self busy. I always noticed that when I makes myself busy with various activities or with exercises or spending time with my pets or spending time with my friends or family, I forgets to being depressed. Most times when we spend too much time with ourselves we get more and more depressed. I think people find ways to fight depression and eating is one of the way to fight depressed. I used to eat a lot and lot when I get depressed and I noticed that I get more and more weights. I then started to keep myself busy with other things in life rather than food when I get depressed and found that I began to lose weight and also becoming less depressed.
• India
20 May 12
During last 2 months i too had severe depression, the cause is still unknown, i have a discussion on it, you may see;; many male, female have depression issues and they try to sove in different ways, some behave as you said, how are you now, is it gone or still persists? Have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘@Bhuwan@’. .