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I'm An Emotional Wreck...

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SashaWLS

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I was banded on 4/18 and I'm a mess...

 

I really feel lousy. The food is fine. The not eating as much is fine... Even being in bandster hell is fine.

 

Clearly it's not about the food...

 

Cause I'm REALLY feeling down... I'm not normally depressed, haven't been in years and years. Usually I'm happy, bouncy, optimistic... But EVERYTHING is bringing me down. I've been mad at my husband, can't seem to let things go, my mind is racing with minor annoyances, I think my mother may not be talking to me (she has issues anyway) and it's sending me into a small tailspin, and I'm just all over the place.

 

I also know that I'm used to eating to cover my feelings, to numb myself, so intellectually I get what's happening to me... What I don't get is what to do about it!! I want to curl up in a ball and have everyone just leave me alone. I mean, I expected to have some emotional responses after surgery, but I just didn't expect to be THIS upset!

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i feel the same way as you, i stil don't get an answer to myself on what to do. i'm upset at my friends, my parents, myself, and i feel like everything is too much, but i try to do intensive sport when this kind of feeling come to me, but still not working for me. if you find an issue, tell me!

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our bodies are feeling defenseless food used to be our weapon and now we are open, and our minds will make us feel so different. I'm that way still after 15 weeks post band. Its a weekly thing, one week is good, one week is bad and all we can do is muddle through it. Don't sabatoge the work we have done, its so easy to fall back into those easy eating habits we don't even realize it. You are NOT ALONE.

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I am three years post band, and have lost 200 pounds. I have gone thru the same feelings at times, but for different reasons. The first year can be trying and you deal with a range of emotions. One day at a time, you have to trust the system and keep focusing on the positive gains to date. As is the old cliche saying, pretty soon the bad days are not as bad, and the good days begin to accumulate more often. This food stress is a big deal and is hard ot break old patterns. When I went thru it I focused on work, exercise, and doing something positive for myself every day and would build on that. Good luck.

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I felt this way shortly after surgery. I was losing and doing everything right but I wan unhappy. Turns out that sometimes, the surgery itself can cause a little bit of depression. It is allot of trauma to put your body through. Pinch hubbys ass, make him go on a walk with you and keep on trucking! This too shall pass. I turned to herbal tea (crazy good flavors out these days) when I was really just needing a comfort! GOOD LUCK!

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