FOOD ADDICTION - episode discussion questions
Added 2018-11-04 21:17:43 +0000 UTC[Listeners have told us that the podcasts have led to deep discussions with friends and family. In service to that we’d like to offer a few targeted questions to spice up the conversation or to use for self-reflective journaling.]
1. Describe an experience of eating compulsively. (Continuing to eat though you know you’ve had enough or eating until your stomach hurts).
a. Describe what you did, thought and felt during the episode.
2. Describe the specific factors that precipitated the event.
a. What event might have triggered the episode?
b. What was happening the moment you started overeating?
c. Why do you think the episode happened that day rather than the day before?
3. Describe your vulnerability factors.
a. Were you ill, exhausted, inured that day?
b. Did the episode involve alcohol or some other altering drug?
c. Did a stressful event happen that day?
4. What were/are the consequences of the behavior?
a. How did you feel immediately after the episode?
b. Were other people affected? If so, how?
c. Did the episode effect your environment?
5. Reflect on the episode and see if there is something different you could have done differently.
a. Describe what might have made a difference.
