Addicted to ice cream since traumatic event?

I know this sounds silly, but it's not just an "omg yum" thing- it really seems like an addiction & I really want some info! :(

I've always been a fan of ice cream, but NEVER craved it like I do now! I had a traumatic event happen this past year, and afterward, had trouble eating (lost 10-20 lbs & was already 20 lbs underweight I think). I've had an almost liquid diet ever since, and it's been over half a year now! :( I remember when it was going on my whole family just had some soup for dinner because none of us had much of an appetite, but when I went back to college, I ended up buying froyo for dinner every day.. and it was basically the only thing I ate, at all.

Nthing ever sounds even the least bit appetizing to me, except ice cream. Cold coffee, icy coffee, froyo, low-fat ice cream, gelato, and italian ice.. and water. I crave those things and only those things. It's not a particular flavor either, and it's not like "omg it's so delicious".. it's more like, I need it to feel refreshed, and any substantial food hurts my stomach!

Is there any reason for this? I've never had a problem like this until the traumatic event. I used to eat very healthy! What could cause me to feel like this? I looked it up and the only info I could find was that I'm craving the sugar, but I don't think that's true because I tend to crave the ones with the least sugar in the, and the sugary ones make me sick.
 
Just to clarify, I'm not really craving any other sweets either. I can be offered all of my favorite candies and none of them sound the least bit appetizing or tempt me at all. It's just the ice cream/ice-cream like foods, and I can describe this as only feeling what I used to consider "good" (where my body bothers me the least.. you know.. an average day where you're feeling pretty good/healthy/awake/not sick or preoccupied at all) IF I either eat ice cream, or eat nothing. :?
 
I did not have a traumatic event, but I did have some bad things happen one right after another. Unlike you though I began craving more than one thing and would eat it constantly.

This is my opinion.

I think it is some kind of coping mechanism. I am no expert, but that it just what I think. Do you feel better mental after eating it? I know with me, when I feel down, eating large amounts of chocolate always makes me feel better.

KD
 
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