Ep 122- How Being Delusional Helped Me Stop Binge Eating
June 11, 2026
I hit rock bottom with binge eating and was ready to give up myself. I had gained over 25lbs in a year, tried every tip I could find, yet I couldn’t stop eating. It seemed like the harder I tried to lose weight, the worse everything became and I started saying “screw it, who cares if I binge today.”
Maybe I would just have to accept my eating disorder and learn to live like this forever.
But still there was this little whisper inside me that said “you don’t have to live like this.”
That is when I developed a delusional self belief.
Today you’ll learn…
Why it feels so impossible to stop binge eating
Why thinking delusionally works based on neuroscience
Exactly how to start acting like a normal eater
Why Most People Stay Stuck
Most of us use our past to predict our future. If you've struggled with food for years, your brain naturally assumes that's how things will always be.
That's why believing you can stop binge eating can feel ridiculous at first. Your brain doesn't have evidence yet. But waiting for evidence before believing in yourself is what keeps so many people stuck.
What Delusional Self-Belief Looks Like
Being delusional doesn't mean ignoring reality. It means acting as if change is possible before you've fully proven it to yourself.
I started telling myself, "I am a normal eater. I don't binge." I didn't completely believe it, but I practiced thinking it anyway.
Whenever I was making a food decision, I asked myself:
What would a normal eater do?
How would I handle this if I trusted myself?
What if I just pretended to be that person today?
Those small shifts started giving my brain new evidence.
Why It Works
Your brain updates its beliefs based on experience. Every time you respond differently to an urge, you're teaching your brain something new.
You're not lying to yourself. You're creating proof.
That's why it's so important to notice your wins, even the small ones. Every time you sit with an urge instead of acting on it, you're weakening the old habit and strengthening a new one.
The Roger Bannister Effect
Before 1954, people believed it was impossible to run a mile in under four minutes. Then Roger Bannister did it.
Within a year, multiple other runners broke the same barrier.
Nothing changed about the human body. What changed was people's belief about what was possible.
The same thing is true with binge eating recovery. Millions of people have healed their relationship with food. You don't have to be the first person in the world to do it. You just have to believe it's possible for you.
The Bottom Line
Everything feels impossible until it's done.
If you're waiting to believe in yourself until you have proof, you'll stay stuck. Sometimes you have to believe first and let the evidence catch up later.
Need Help Getting Through an Urge?
One of the hardest parts of recovery is learning how to sit with an urge without acting on it. That's why I created a free guided audio that walks you through exactly what to do when a binge urge hits.
Click here to download the free urge audio and learn how to ride out urges without binge eating.