Raw Food: Raw Emotions

Over the last several weeks I've been paying very close attention to what I eat. In fact I believe I can now tell you when I'm deficient in either protein or a green. It's a little neurotic if you ask me.

Tonight I had an epiphany, one of those great big aha moments, if you will. I'm sitting there thinking fat has been fall back. I turn to food to deaden the raw emotions that come with being bi-polar. How do deal with them now that I'm no longer eating fats or processed food.

I can't believe I didn't make this connection sooner. I knew all along that I was an emotionally eater, I just never made the connection that the fat in the foods was an addition and I was using it subdue the raw emotions I've never learned how to deal with.

Bi-polar people in my experience never learn how to deal with these emotions.

We are given drugs and sent to cognitive therapy to learn about triggers. All I've learned about are triggers for PTSD and anxiety.

I have no idea how to handle these emotions that come out of know where. These emotions are raw and intense. They come at me sometimes for days on end and I can't figure out how to deaden them so I eat to numb them. I don't do drugs anymore and I gave up drinking because it was way too much on my body.


I want so badly to feel physically better. I know this is a part of the chronic pain is subsiding and that means I'll physically be better. I''m noticing the raw emotions are still there. I don't think I would wish this burden on anyone.

I can say the more I exercise, take Omega 3 and DHA the more I feel a dampening.

There have been a lot of studies that have proven it won't cure bi-polar disorders, it will ease in the symptoms. While working on a paper for school I found all these articles that talk about omega 3 largely helping reduce the symptoms of bipolar disorder.

All of the research was done outside of the United States.

At this time I've reduced a lot of my crap intake and increased a lot of my good foods and Omega 3s. It's late October and I'm not falling apart like I always do.

I'll keep you posted.