I am an emotional eater, and I have a very unhealthy relationship with food. Everything is more or less fine, until I get upset or depressed, and then I just lose my freaking mind, not just about eating but about the way I *think* about eating. I can enjoy a delicious meal out, and then hear some upsetting news, and 5 minutes later be viciously beating myself up for having consumed something so high in calories/fat/whatever. The biggest problem though, is the binge eating. I get into this state of mind where I become an automaton, an eating *machine*. I know what I'm doing, I want to stop, but I stuff another cookie down my gaping maw anyway. It's like I'm watching a movie of myself -- I'm disconnected, I have no control. This always happens when I am depressed or upset, and as you can imagine, it becomes a vicious circle... I get depressed and eat, then get depressed about eating, hate myself, and eat some more.