No, you are far from alone. When I am bored, in pain, frightened, despairing or depressed the physical pleasure of eating sugar, fat and salt can mask these feelings while I am eating. But the minute I stop, they return, so I want another biscuit etc until I feel a bit sick. And then one is burdened by the misery of having eaten too much unhealthy food. Eating doesn’t really help with these feelings and becomes addictive. Just sitting with these feelings, breathing, meditating, chanting, relaxing, doing yoga, pampering, looking at nature, listening to music, reading something uplifting, going a little walk, doing a hobby or a piece of housework, keeping a thankfulness diary, if you are healthy exercising, phoning someone, doing a little good deed, lots of different thing for different people, also help and feeling a bit better lasts without all the negative payback of comfort eating. Food should be a pleasure not a negative thing. A small food treat is a good part of life. I know it is not easy. Not for me, anyway. But I do believe it is the happiest and most self caring way to try to live.