Author: Justin Gardner / Source: did you know?
Are you like me? Do you eat your emotions? And on the daily?
It seems like many do, and if we give in to it too much, it can lead to serious, long-term consequences. Because while it’s completely OK to eat for comfort, we should only do so in moderation.
Experts agree that if we eat for comfort and it becomes a habit, we can hurt ourselves physically from overeating, while also doing emotional damage because we’re using food to avoid facing our feelings.
Karen R. Koenig, an eating psychology expert, blogger and author shared this with Huff Post about comfort food:
“A misleading misnomer if there ever was one, comfort is not something we want to keep associating with food. We want to file food in our brains under nourishment and occasional pleasure. We want to seek comfort through friends, doing kind things for ourselves and engaging in healthy activities that reduce internal distress.”
Sarah Allen, a psychologist who specializes in eating disorders has some additional advice:
“As soon as you start looking for food, stop. Think,…
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