Losing my sense of taste has hit home how much I rely on food for comfort

I’ve always known I’m an emotional eater but I never realized how much until today. I have Covid and have lost my sense of smell and taste and overall feel crappy.

All I want is to feel better and my brain’s first thought is FOOD. I want to eat all the junk food to make me feel better. But I can’t taste anything so all the tasty junk food in the world won’t do anything to me. I feel so frustrated. Right now I’m eating for health and recovery and not for taste. Which maybe is what I should be doing all along.

It’s just so crazy what a hold food has on my emotions and not being able to scratch that itch has left me miserable.

I’m not sure now to get over this hold that food has on me.

Sorry for the rant. Does anyone has any tips? How do you detach food from emotional comfort?

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