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Posted by Racer on March 8, 2006, at 14:01:20
Last night, I had such nightmares, of binging on potato chips, and I woke up upset by them. In the dream, I wasn't even aware of eating them -- just kinda looked around and noticed that I'd eaten about a dozen bags -- the big bags -- of potato chips. And, since I wasn't aware of eating them, I was still hungry, and still wanted potato chips. It really was awful.
I'm in an awfully anxious phase, and having a terrible case of the fats lately. And then on Monday, with my mother, I did buy potato chips -- second to last thing I needed -- and Easter candy -- the very last thing I needed. I guess that could have triggered it, along with having eaten some of the little Hershey's eggs yesterday. (Somehow, having the chocolate eggs melt in my mouth is more satisfying than letting sugar free hard candy do the same...) And I find I'm *still* upset about it all. The dream, the eating, the buying.
Doesn't help that I can't seem to lose any weight. I have been trying to, but nothing. If anything, I keep gaining. HATE this.
I don't know why I'm posting this here. Maybe just because it upset me, maybe to try to inject some life here, maybe in hopes someone else has experienced this. Keeping in mind that I don't regularly binge eat, of course, and don't purge...
Posted by Racer on March 8, 2006, at 18:30:49
In reply to Nightmares of binging, posted by Racer on March 8, 2006, at 14:01:20
Posted by Poet on March 8, 2006, at 18:57:46
In reply to Nightmares of binging, posted by Racer on March 8, 2006, at 14:01:20
Hi Racer,
I had my recurring dream last week and my T and I talked about it, so I'm going to ask questions like she asks me.
What could the potato chips represent besides a binge food?
Why do you know you ate them, even though in the dream you didn't see yourself doing it?
Did you have a physical sensation when you woke up or was it just the empty bags made you conclude that you emptied them?
I think you have good reason to be upset about the dream. You're feeling fat and are very afraid of weight gain. I think the potato chips and candy you ate might have triggered the dream. Has that ever happened before? Not just with food, but with other things. I have dreams where I am back at old jobs that are triggered by interviews or bad days at the latest job.
Poet
Posted by nolegirl323 on July 5, 2006, at 19:29:09
In reply to Nightmares of binging, posted by Racer on March 8, 2006, at 14:01:20
> Last night, I had such nightmares, of binging on potato chips, and I woke up upset by them. In the dream, I wasn't even aware of eating them -- just kinda looked around and noticed that I'd eaten about a dozen bags -- the big bags -- of potato chips. And, since I wasn't aware of eating them, I was still hungry, and still wanted potato chips. It really was awful.
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> I'm in an awfully anxious phase, and having a terrible case of the fats lately. And then on Monday, with my mother, I did buy potato chips -- second to last thing I needed -- and Easter candy -- the very last thing I needed. I guess that could have triggered it, along with having eaten some of the little Hershey's eggs yesterday. (Somehow, having the chocolate eggs melt in my mouth is more satisfying than letting sugar free hard candy do the same...) And I find I'm *still* upset about it all. The dream, the eating, the buying.
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> Doesn't help that I can't seem to lose any weight. I have been trying to, but nothing. If anything, I keep gaining. HATE this.
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> I don't know why I'm posting this here. Maybe just because it upset me, maybe to try to inject some life here, maybe in hopes someone else has experienced this. Keeping in mind that I don't regularly binge eat, of course, and don't purge...
I too have nightmares of bingeing on large amounts of food, particularly during times when I am severely restricting (I'm an "in-betweeny" - in the middle of bulimia and anorexia...)
Sometimes, I wake in the middle of the night, stil l in that half asleep mode convinced that my dream was real and that I did in fact eat all of the food that I dreamed about.. Often times it sends me running to the bathroom to purge the calories from my body that I dreamed that I consumed.
I guess I don't really have any advice, just support I guess. You aren't alone..
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