Here is a nice article about dealing with uncomfortable feelings. For most of us, food may have been a major coping mechanism. Without using food we have to learn new ways to experience our feelings.

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/02/how-to-deal-with-what-you-feel-4-breakthrough-guidelines-for-facing-difficult-times/

Thanks for posting this. It's definitely easy for depression, anxiety, and general emotional ickiness to creep in. A part of me will always miss not having a pint of ice cream to cry into.

The number one thing I had to overcome.... get used to sometimes actually FEELING negative emotions. Exercise, talking to a friend etc all helped me cope, but in the end, the healing started when I allowed myself to feel bad things and realize I wasn't going to die (metaphorically).