How do you get over having virtually no impulse control?

[Anonymous]

[Sonorous]

Though I don't suffer from what you suffer from, I have experienced that I eat less sugary foods when I'm busy doing other things, when I don't have easy access to them, &/or when I substitute them with artificial sweeteners.

[ProbablyClueless]

By slowing developing it, one day at a time. Just take time to think about and restrain yourself from your gut impulses.

[ThrillSeeker01]

What kind of impulses? It's not that big a deal. A lot of people think it's ok.

[Asker]

I can't control my food intake, if there's deserts I can eat a huge amount. Today I had 12 cookies in a couple minutes, just inhaled them. I struggle not to say whatever comes to mind. I have poor impulse when it comes to leasure. Playing video games, sleeping, YouTube, I can do that all day. I have bad control over my spending as well, it's only in kept because my husband manages finances. I used to struggle with impulses related to self harm, but only overcame it because I don't have those desires anymore. When alcohol or weed isn't in the house I'm fine, but if it's there it's gone in a day or max a week regardless of the amount. I feel like I have no control over myself or my life. Sometimes I'll do things so quickly and without thought that i will hardly remember doing them at all.
I don't know how that would be OK.

[ThrillSeeker01]

Yeah, I understand. Weed does that to me.

[Asker]

It's not weed though, I barely take edibles. I'll get a bag maybe once or twice a year and it's gone in a week but that's pretty irrelevant to the whole picture. It's always been this way long before I'd even tried alcohol or weed.