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do you do this too?

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ok i was reading the comment about biting the inside of your mouth, which i have done by the way, but my question is that does anyone constantly and i mean CONSTANTLY chew like packs of gum or sugar free mints and lots of Sugar free drinks to fill their stomachs up and avoid that feeling of hungar? i hope this doesn't trigger anything, it's just something i wondered, because it has been my bad habit for along time. often i would get really sick from over doing it, i guess i've developed some really INSANE habits, some of them i wonder how i ever came up with.
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Yes, this can be construed as triggering. It's too bad there is no editing options so you could just put a little trigger warning up there.

That being said, coping vices run wild when you are stressed. You turn to behaviours, whther that be hoarding or chewing your nails/gums or eating sugar-free junk food. Drinking is also a common thing, as well as picking your skin, plucking out hairs, and other weird little ticks. You learn to control these things, though, and you have true mastery.
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I've drunk a gallon of Diet Pepsi once to attempt myself from eating... I do it a lot... wish I could stop. :(

Or binging on water... my recent favorite. It's absolutely disgusting, wish I wasn't like this.
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please be careful binging on water. You can actual drown yourslef from a water toxicity(overdose)
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True... there's only so much you can hold... The problem is that I still don't know why I do it, probably all this homesickness due to being 20,000 miles away from home when in college. But then, I've been binging since before college... maybe the cause is the same, maybe different, but I still do it and really really want to stop.
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Every coping mechanism is different, brought on by different memories and stressors. A lot of people drink water, so it's an easy one to skate by on, but it's a behaviour all the same. Take care of yourself and get help, bondgirl. You want help, but that requires taking action. Real action.
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hey guys, thank you for all responding, and i apologize again for nay triggering misuse, i'll try to put up that trigger warning suggested, nice idea. I wouldn't want to make anyone feel triggered in any fashion,, i just really was erally curious. thank you!
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Bond grl, ya i kno the feeling, while im not so far away as u the change in location and schedule is deffinatly hard to deal with. Its been both good an bad for me
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There was a girl in my treatment center who would put a whole pack of gum in her mouth every day. She looked like a little chipmunk!
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yes I used to drink over 3 litres of diet coke a day but stopped because I know it was bad for me its the hardest thing I have done, and now I get more hungry! I also chew gum constantly to stop me eating.
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i also chew gum and mints religiously.. which oddly enough.. the act of chewing releases gastric acid, because your body thinks its needs to digest food.

my habit is smoking, and chewing gums and mints.
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