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“So I have been on some form of GLP-1 for three years. Everyone talks about the food noise going away \u2014 yes. But the food and the food noise have been my coping mechanisms for my whole life. Taking the drug is amazing, but it has left me anxious and emotionally raw. When I was going through grief after losing a loved one, it was hell. After having a real emotional breakdown, I needed to go back to therapy and start building good coping techniques that weren’t centered around food.”<\/p>\n
\u2014scoops_noodle<\/a><\/p>\n “I’ve struggled similarly. It messes with my reward center a bit, because for so long, doing something hard meant getting a little treat. It affected my coping, too (idk how many times I’ve said to my husband, ‘What am I supposed to do if I can’t eat my feelings?!?’), because I think eating felt like I was DOING something about bad feelings. Therapy is helping, but it’s a weird journey to figure out how to deal with hard emotions<\/a> instead of covering them up with the familiar overeating feelings.”<\/p>\n