Re: Water Fast and Depression

Give it a try. For me it is tricky because my food addictions are my main method of self medicating my depression, so to have to take food out of my life when I'm already depressed about everything else actually seems like a really bad idea. I do think you will need to will power to at least make it until day 5 or 6 and then judge how you are feeling. I just ruined a Water Fast on day 4 because my food addictions were speaking too loudly and convincing me that I wanted to end it. It's because I was getting bored and depressed without my usual best friend, food. I do think fasting has the potential to help with Depression but you'll have to make it through the first stages where it is going to be very tough and you may feel even more depressed if food used to be part of your strategy to cheer up.