Short reflection: When a binge feels inevitable
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Originally shared as part of Inbox Reflections - my honest, heartfelt emails to support your binge eating recovery as a highly sensitive woman.
I used to believe that once I got the urge to binge, that was it.
A binge was inevitable.
Because when you’re really “in it”, it’s as though everything within you is driving you towards that release.
And any tools you may have learnt for how to deal with these moments…
It’s like they’re both hidden from you and you’ve totally forgotten they exist.
So if you can do one thing, see if you can simply slow yourself down.
Slow down your breathing.
Slow down your walking (even if you’re literally walking to get binge food).
And as your body slows, allow your thoughts to slow too.
Because in slowing down, you’re creating just enough space for choice to re-enter.
For a tool to come back to you.
For a different action, even if it’s a very small one, to feel possible.
The binge may still happen (and often does when you’re first practising this).
But you’re showing yourself that it isn’t the only outcome available.
And over time, by slowing down again and again, recalling your tools, and taking small actions…
A binge becomes less inevitable.
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