Is binge eating/emotional eating a form of self harm? Need advice to cope and not hurt my progress.

I (23F) have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety, with derealization/depersonalization symptoms. Things go up and down, but lately I've been in a funk.

I've noticed that when my mental health (MH) is on a decline (usually right before my period--fyi I take hormonal birth control pills), I start to eat worse. And then, of course, my poor diet makes my MH worse, and so on and so on.

I find myself some days, after having made some slight progress, completely bingeing for comfort. Like today, I wasn't hungry, I KNEW I wasn't hungry, but I just ate and ate and ate. Mostly because I feel so hopeless and down. I'm wondering if it's a form of self harm since I know I'm sabotaging my own progress.

My wedding is in October, so I have something to try and eat healthy for, but some days it feels like an uphill battle with my MH.

Any advice from people with MH issues?

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