From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 69
Hurt feelings typically represent some type of loss, and it’s important that you allow yourself to feel sadness or grief.
Instead of reaching for food as a way to heal, figure out ways you can let the feelings go and take care of your heart.
Here are my answers to the three questions at the end of the lesson.
1. Think of a time, either recent or in the past, when your feelings were hurt.
Sometimes members of my family will say or do things that bother me or make me feel hurt. I’ve learned there’s a fine line between when to say something and when to just ignore it.
2. Identify the unspoken rule that was broken. Does that rule make sense?
People should be thoughtful and show caring when you share things with them. But that doesn’t allow for things such as fatigue, stress or sadness.
Sometimes, instead of feeling hurt, I need to allow people some space and understanding.
3. Write about how you can heal the hurt feelings and let them go.
In my family, we value relationship above all else. So I’ve worked hard at understanding during times when I feel hurt. I try to process it and allow people to not be “perfect.”
That has helped me let go of hurt feelings quickly and move on. It would be pretty unusual for me to eat in response to that kind of hurt feelings.