How To End Black and White Thinking

Here’s the scenario:

Something triggering or stressful just happened. Or, maybe you were just bored or tired. You headed to the kitchen cupboards in search for anything that would give you some relief, or a burst of energy. 

It was frenzied. It was fast. No one else saw it but you because usually you “hide out” when these behaviors are happening.

You ate a bunch of the kids leftover Easter candy. Or, maybe you’re more of a savory person and you ended up downing half a bag of chips or I don’t know maybe the cheez-its. Perhaps the leftover mac n cheese.

It doesn’t really matter what it was. You just know the cycle all too well. The “diet” starts Monday, you get to about Wednesday or Thursday, and it’s too restrictive so now you’re bingeing. Only to promise yourself it won’t happen again because of course you’ll just outlaw sugar starting tomorrow - but in the meantime you mise well finish what you started.

Sound familiar?

I can only write these scenarios because I knew them all too well. What was even a bigger struggle was the stories I’d tell myself after it happened - how I always mess up, how I’m never going to crawl out of the cycle, and how it was always my fault. What I didn’t know was that those stories weren’t actually serving me. I had to flip the script.

Which is why this week’s podcast episode is all about how to end the all or nothing, perfectionist thinking, and how to get right back to yourself - even when a binge happens.

Xx
Molly