I wrote this on the GetSlim site:
I've just spent an hour or so, throwing out 7 lever arch files of recipes from the Rosemary Conley magazines, dating between 1996 and 2013!
They had been sitting in a shelf not being looked at for years!I was talking about losing weight, the other day and it being 90% psyche and 10% food, well I think hoarding and clinging onto stuff is a psychological thing!
Food is comfort and so is stuff (I think).
I have quite a few books, not read most of them, I just love seeing them sitting on bookshelves. I have the intention of reading them, but never do, so I think my next job is decluttering books! That brings me onto our minds (or my mind) are they cluttered with rubbish from the past? Past emotions, past memories. Do they need decluttering? Mine does, for sure!
It's difficult to let go at times! Letting go of those hurtful words, the hurtful deeds people have done to us, the loss of a loved one! All of the past bullying, the past hurts etc have built up so much they cloud our judgement!
I was bullied in school, not just by my peers but in a way, by my teachers. My dad and I never got on (we do now).
I have been thinking that sometimes we are broken (I'm talking about myself tbh) and we (I) need healing. Food is comfort and junk is comfort BUT if we could find healing, and we wouldn't need comfort!
Life is really difficult, but maybe if you're struggling (as I struggle so much), maybe take stock of why you need to be comforted - were you bullied, abused, made to feel inadequate (a form of bullying), lost someone very close to you etc? Perhaps write down those things which have affected you (you don't have to show them to anyone) because getting those out of your mind may be one step towards healing!
As I watched the American programme "Hoarders" on YouTube, I saw a pattern developing - the majority of those people started hoarding after a traumatic event in their lives! One poor woman's husband was shot dead in their house, another had lost her son, another was gay but was scared his family would reject him and there were others too. I began to think about the 90% psyche...
I hope this post isn't too personal, but I hope it helps!
Sending you all a massive hug
