June 5, 2013
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It’s a Cycle.
Tests are coming up and I’m very stressed. It’s so stressful, that I can’t even make myself begin to work. I’m breaking out and my eyeballs are bloodshot and slightly jaundiced from a combination of studying, staring at the computer, and drinking to make the stress go away (I have a problem with self-medicating when I get too stressed out). The stupid thing is, all of this stress is intensifying because I can’t get myself to start working. I can’t start working because I am too stressed out. Does this make any sense?
It’s the same thing with being overweight. When I’m depressed, I tend to get hungrier, so I eat more. When I eat more, I gain more weight, which causes me to be more depressed because now, not only am I depressed, but I am depressed and fat. I get more depressed, so I continue to eat beyond what is a normal amount for me. It’s a cycle that can’t really be ended because I was always depressed to start with.
The only solution for me is to drink a moderate amount of alcohol because it regulates my stress and abnormal hunger pangs. Do you ever experience cyclical problems?
Comments (2)
i have occasional bouts with crankiness if i don’t do something active for a week or so. i have to go for a jog or hit the gym regularly, otherwise i tend to get moody.
Controlling vicious cycles can be difficult. One way is to substitute a good activity in place of the bad one with the hopes of developing a new automatic response.