G'day girls and boys. Research has shown that emotions become the focus of eating disordered behaviour, even when the initial focus may have been weight-related.
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/how-stress-can-feed-eating-disorders-20121010-27ch9.html
Eating (or in the case of anorexia - not eating) is about control and stress management. It is a coping skill - albeit one which causes more stress than it relieves.
Sitting with those emotions, even if only for a short period of time, can build strength and an awareness that the emotions aren't going to drive you mad or kill you.
Bad things happen to good people, good things happen to bad people - and vice versa. "Life was not meant to be easy" was the Malcolm Fraser version but I prefer George Bernard Shaw "Life was not meant to be easy, my child. But take courage, it can be delightful!"
And when its not delightful, we can cope with it by a) dealing with it directly, b) distracting ourselves, or c) doing nothing (i.e. sit with it and breeeeeathe)
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