The issue is not the food.  Its what made you eat in the first place.  We often times use food as a drug to anesthetize ourselves from the pains we are experiencing. It can be used as an escape, as a way to avoid coping with problems. 

    Recent studies have indicated that excessive weight gain and overeating is often triggered by deep and painful psychological problems. 

  Most of us have well-defined stimulates. What are yours?