Afraid of feeling full

Is it just me or does feeling full depress you, I find that when I'm hungry it reasurres me I am not eating too much but when I feel full even if it is just after eating a piece of toast I feel like I have eaten too much and I'm not going to lose any weight.

Is this just me and I know it isn't good is there anything I can do to stop feeling so rubbish about being full?

your just rewarding yourself, with emotions, when you dont eating over-eat.

i feel safer empty too, like i can eat if i want to or am offered something, but dont let it prevent you from eating, you have to have a maintainable habbit in eating, where you feel hungry and comfortable eating, then happily full afterwards.

it's all in your head, that or your stomach has seriously shrunk, but if it shrinks too much how can you ever eta normally again? as i said, its all emotions, and you associating an empty stomach with no weight gain, which you yourself need to over come.

What you're describing isn't particular normal or healthy.  A full tummy (not nauseatingly full, obviously) is one of the basic human pleasures.  If you find feeling hungry 'reassuring' that's not a good sign.  Feeling anxious that a piece of toast constitutes overeating isn't a good sign either.  It's very easy for a legitimate desire to be slimmer and healthier to tip into obsession and disordered eating.  Be careful.

Someone like you should probably stop dieting for a while, i.e. stop restricting calories and instead start to think about getting a better diet of more nutritious food combined with more exercise.   Regular meals, light snacks and better choices is a positive way forward.   Holding food at arms length, seeing it as some kind of enemy and feeling afraid to eat normally isn't a recipe for a happy future.

Since you're 17 years old, use this chart to work out what your maintenance intake should be.   http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html  And this website will give you some pointers on what a healthier diet looks like.  http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages/teens /

I agree it could be dangerous. 

As someone who overeats to the point of discomfort at times, I do find the feeling of hunger comforting.  But I dont want to feel that way all the time by a long shot.  The comfort of that feeling is knowing that I actually didn't overeat to the point where my desire for food was only mental.  It means my body is saying hey, it's good to eat now,  you really are hungry, so feed me!!  And I do!

Feeling full only feels bad when I am so full that I am uncomfortable or feel sickly.  Feeling satisifed and full is a good feeling.

There is a difference between feeling "full" and feeling "satisfied". I'm the type of person who can nibble for hours on end without ever really feeling full. Slowly but surely though I am starting to recogize when I'm satisfied...aka until I am no longer hungry..which is actually on much less food than I thought I "needed" to have. I don't think you should ever feel bad for feeling satisfied...I'd be the crabbiest person alive if I always felt hungry.

Feeling full is often associated with weight gain which makes most of us depressed. My sister could be a compulsive eater and gets depressed after finishing off a big meal. The trick is to either drink plenty of fluids before eating. eat low calorie, low GI, satiating foods or fill you yourself up to 80%. Eat slowly to give yourself time to realize how full you really are. Chew 15 times and that oughta do it. Good luck!

If hunger is becoming a source of emotional control, you may need to step back like gi-jane suggested.  Trying to feel in control by keeping yourself hungry can lead to some problems in the future.  It's good to always have a healthy attitude toward food and not allow dieting to consume you or become your identity.   I probably sound a bit preachy (sorry!), but I work in research psychology with health issues and the number one thing that our participants who have eating disorders (including binge eaters as well as those with anorexia and bulimia) say is that they associate guilt or lack of control with being full... or with not being hungry.

It's okay to love food.  Healthy food in the right portions can be one of life's great pleasures!  I like asha's suggestion of eating slowly, and in the meantime, enjoy eating.  Food is not an enemy.  It keeps you alive and full of energy and healthy and balanced. :)