Dealing With "Emotional Eating"
For people dealing with excess weight issues, the connection between food and emotions is very familiar. The thin and good looking woman sitting in her room consoling herself with ice-cream after having gone through significant emotional upset has become a symbol that demonstrates how we substitute dealing with emotions for food. "Emotional eating" is eating that is intended to blur or compensate for unpleasant emotions. It is not related to physiological hunger. It is a manipulation that seeks to satisfy emotional needs by substituting emotional gratification with food.
Primary topic: Mind Body Healing
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