I Eat Because I Am...Single?

I am starting to question my sanity. No, I am not hallucinating Josh Duhamel is in love with me or pixies are dancing about my pillow while I sleep. I just can't stop eating.

Food is the fuel for life. You have to eat to live but what happens when you start living to eat? I feel hungry all the time. I eat and then I want to eat something else...sweet, salty, bitter...I can't seem to quench the hunger. I drink lots of water, which is supposed to help satisfy you, but it only seems to make me more hungry (and have to pee far too much).

I eat because I am feeling down, because I am feeling lonely, because I am feeling bored, and even because I am feeling happy! The cravings just keep coming - early morning and late at night. The only reason I am not eating now is because I am keeping myself busy typing.

I know this isn't healthy. You are only supposed to eat when you are truly hungry but how do I make this never ending feeling of hunger go away? I suppose I should maybe invest in a shrink who can delve into the true reason that I am feeling so empty as of late but then again - don't I already know? I know things haven't been going fabulously in my life lately and that is probably why I am eating - to feel that void I've been feeling. But even though I recognize that this behaviour is just a mask and is negative, I can't make it stop. Isn't admitting that you have a problem half the battle? I fully admit it but it isn't helping me recover.

I really think it is all because I've been trying to lose weight as of late. Every time, I draw up a weight loss plan, I think it unleashes a primal hunger deep within me. It is as if my body doesn't want me to lose weight so it sends all these feelings of emptiness. I have always had a sneaking suspicion that my body hates me. I know it is supposed to be mind over matter but my flesh always seems to conquer...it gets what it wants and what it wants is food. Or sex or sleep...I read somewhere that any one of those could be substituted for the other.

I know I am very well rested, since I've been off work, so the question is then, is being single for so long making me famished?