FEAR...HOW do you Deal with it? - Page 3 - ThinnerTimes

MiladyB · 08-05-2007, 09:15 PM

Laura, I think when we lose that protective covering of fat and the one thing that we could always count on when we felt weak...food...well, all of the fear that has been buried for so long is raw, bleeding and right on the surface. We have nothing to run to, to make us feel safe and secure. Food, our weight...it has been our security blanket for so long and it has been swiped away from us so suddenly...it leaves us feeling like a fish on dry land, flipping around trying to find our security...and it just isn't there. I think for me at least, that is what has made me feel vulnerable. I don't feel weak because I'm smaller, for me its because I no longer feel "hidden".

For myself the answer is to understand. I need to understand in order to have power over a situation or a fear. Understanding is the way I put myself in control. Just like I had to come to an understanding of why I was MO before I could take control of my life and have wls.

You most certainly aren't alone with your feelings. I think there are many of us who struggle with fear...some to more degrees than others but I think it was those fears that lead many of us to our lives of MO and now we are floundering finding a way to handle those fears and find strength within ourselves.