Hi 2Getup,
I am so sorry for your battle with depression and compulsive eating. I too have depression (yet doing well for the past few years). I too battle compulsive and overeating. I eat out of boredom, dissatisfaction, disappointment, stress; any emotional discomfort really.
I'm hear if you want to say more. I'll check the box at the bottom so I will know if you respond.
Be Well. We just get this one life. May we treat it and ourselves as the precious gift it is.

Hi jagne! Nice to hear from you. Are you the person who set up this thread? I am doing a little bit better than when I wrote the post above. I was snacking heavily and compulsively on nuts and dried fruit and crackers. For about 5 days, I think, I have given up the dried fruit. I am eating apple slices instead, and less because they are so much more trouble than a handful of raisins. I hope naming foods doesn't trigger you. The one that triggers me is cho------. Just the thought of it is dangerous to me. I want to eliminate the cracker snacks, too, but not ready at all. And yes, I'm triggered by all of the emotions you list, and, even more. I eat when I'm celebrating something, too. And after every activity. Sometimes it feels like my life is one sentence after another, and the eating is the punctuation. Right now, I'm just avoiding the exclamation points. ; )

P.S. I'm also doing better with my depression.

Hi 2GetUp,
I'm so glad ur doing better with ur depression and that u have made changes that u feel good about. Lol, u r so right about the "C" word. I didn't start this thread, I actually thought u did. I continue to do well with my eating for a couple of day and then slip. A part of me wants to do better, but sometimes there is this other part that wants sweets---more than I want to be healthy evidently.
I'm not very good at checking back on this site, so I apologize I haven't responded sooner.
BTW, mentioning foods such as apples, raisons, dried fruit doesn't trigger me at all. Start mentioning junk food and that is another story. Heaven forbid a child walk past me with ..... lol. Be Well.

Hi Jagne, Thanks for writing. I don't mind an occasional check-in at all.
I am right now avoiding sweets, including the raisins. Only eating sweets from fresh foods right now. That is helping me. I'm snacking on salty foods, specifically crackers, too much, and nuts, specifically pecans. I'm trying to imagine being able to refrain from nervous snacking, but it's hard.

Around the middle of the month, my cousin is visiting. She appears to have no conscience whatsoever about food (and clearly should). She calls rich food "comfort food" and puts it in a way as to say, "And isn't it wonderful. And I dare you to argue with that." She is always cooking rich food, talking about going out to get it, and buying it. Her upcoming visit, needless to say, threatens my desire to be sober in making food choices as much as I possibly can.

What really troubles me is how often people say, "Eating a little bit or eating this occasionally won't hurt you." If only this were true, and if only I were stronger. I know myself and I have tried being moderate with sweets so many times. Doesn't work for me, so once again, and for the first time in many years, I am ready to stay away from them. But I guess I am going to have to talk to my cousin and tell her how I feel about it. Ugh. I hate to have to do it. I am afraid of the rebound effect. Telling her I don't want to eat sweets will have unintended consequences in my psyche, and I know that as well as I know anything. I will just have to ride it out one way or another.