Question #5681: How to heal eating disorder and maladaptive daydreaming?

[Ask Satya Operator]

Greetings,
I'd like to know if there are any specific meditations to heal an eating disorder and maladaptive daydreaming. They're so exhausting and I can't take it anymore.

p.s. I already have a healthy lifestyle, I go to the gym and I have a good diet.

 

[Alexandros Iowno [SG]]

Timing is the most important in my opinion by what you say here, I would say to look very much into having a very regimented way of eating. Like routine, eating at the same times everyday for 6 months , a year. This includes the way you sleep, when you sleep. In case of health issues, I am not a doctor and this is a personal view, the basis must be found in ordering and making a routine of your life so the body has reliance on a set structure of life that is harmonious. Do this of course based on your natural tendencies, not extremely drastic changes but progressively.

 

[Karnonnos [SG]]

Another thing you can do alongside regimentation is try to use hypnosis in a deep trance to fix your relationship with food. Do not force it, let it come progressively and daily.

"I eat in a healthy and regular way", "fear of food [or eating, or whatever specific food] is leaving me forever in the best and healthiest way", etc.

The same goes for the daydreaming - "I daydream in a healthier and appropriate way", "My concentration is improved in all ways", etc.

 

[Vivek]

Something that worked for me, albeit is a bit wasteful, was to never completely finish a meal - I'd always away throw the last few bites. And if it's junk food specifically, I'd visualise myself throwing this in the bin literally.

Slowly, there is less and less of a dopaminergic association with these activities... Take it with a grain of salt, but this is what worked for me.