My desire is to only eat food that is healthy and helps my body. I say that but what is evidenced in 26 years is that I do not want to eat healthily. I am guessing this is because I want my mother to feel validated in taking care of me. Or maybe it’s because I want to have something to complain to other people about so that people feel sorry for me so that I get attention. Perhaps I should try not complaining to anyone about my problems and see what emotions come out of me when I do that. So maybe I am lying to myself. I would like to say that I don't want to be addicted to food. But if I keep acting out my addiction, then the truth is I want to be addicted to food. But I can say the following. Somewhere inside of me, I do not want to engage in the fevered cycle of addiction that I have with food: eating while driving, scarfing down food without enjoying it, feeling fearful over what I can eat around friends, trying to please people around me by eating things they would like...