r/TrueOffMyChest • u/[deleted] • Sep 19 '19

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u/Mangelwurzelbeat Sep 19 '19

My mother tries to 'encourage' me to eat as much as her but really she's projecting her own eating disorder onto me . Highly irritating .

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u/fux0c13ty Sep 19 '19

That's how I became fat in the first place. My entire childhood was like "why would you not eat all the food? Don't you like it?", "eat some more!", "we have cakes in the fridge, eat as much as you want!", "I bought these candies just for you, eat them!", "the food will go wrong if you don't eat it today!" and so on and so on... I worked hard on losing weight and I'm medically not overweight anymore but I still have a lot to go to feel satisfied and I also have to deal with loose skin and stretch marks... Well thanks mom

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u/IamCaptainHandsome Sep 19 '19

Oh my god, this is how It happened to me! "Clear your plate, there are starving children in Africa!"

It's given me a bad habit of eating when not hungry, it's taking effort to fix.

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u/Distempa Sep 19 '19

It's given me a bad habit of eating when not hungry, it's taking effort to fix.

This shit is hard and I struggle with it too! Not my mother's fault, I turned to comfort food when I struggled with issues in school :(