There is no getting away from it. Every day is a new day, with the potential for amazingly stressful things to occur. I have always had an immediate reaction to stress: EAT.

Eat to replace the pain of stress with a pain in my stomach. It's an easier pain to deal with.

Today's stressor is over the top, and I have very mixed emotions on reporting that I am not wanting to eat. In fact, I feel sick to my stomach. And I want a hug really bad and my husband is out of town on business. But I don't want to eat. Is this the start of a significant behavior change? Has all my therapy and thinking finally clicked in "Eating is not the way to fix stress"?

Tomorrow will be just as stressful. In a nutshell, I worked from home today and found out late in the afternoon that a team member committed suicide AT WORK this morning. Tomorrow will be a tough day at work.

So many emotions: Sadness mostly though.

Eating is not the answer...eating is not the answer.....eating is not the answer.....

oh...I am so, so sorry!!! that is definitely stressful on so many levels. Here is a big hug!!! take care

((Hugs)) for you. I'm sorry for your loss. -BG

Thank you for the hugs....much appreciated. I'm at work but totally not accomplishing anything work related. That's to be expected. Had grief counseling this morning, more to come this afternoon I hear.

Consider yourself hugged and held tightly. My sympathy to you and your co-workers during this difficult time. How tragic! - LQ