I'd just like to preface this by saying that my mental health is pretty good right now, but it's been bad in the past.
I really, really struggle with emotional eating. Nothing else seems to lift my mood. I've tried exercising, writing, doing hobbies, talking to people- pretty much everything. But if i'm in a bad mood, it usually stays that way until I eat or sleep.
I can't focus on doing hobbies. It's like my brain fogs up and just refuses to cooperate with me on trying to distract myself from eating. I can boot up a game I love and force myself to play for a few minutes, but I'm miserable the whole time. I can't do any arts or crafts or music because I get frustrated and then feel even worse and more useless and go to eat anyway. I don't understand how it works for everyone else. It makes me want to bash my head against a wall.
Excercise nearly always prompts my brain to start thinking about how I should hurt myself in some way, which just makes my mood worse.
I don't know what to do, I really don't. Any advice or tips or anything would be super appreciated.
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