Emotional eating tends to occur as a result of stress, anger, pressure, a deprivation mentality, loneliness, boredom and even happiness. We use food to feed our feelings, or fill the gap if something’s missing in our life. From a holistic point of view, ask yourself these questions: How am I feeling? Are there any emotions that I’ve been pushing down and bottling up? Is there a part of my life I feel I need to manage a little better?
As always, awareness is the first step.
Bingeing, like emotional eating, can be linked to stress, anger, pressure, happiness, dieting, deprivation and distraction. In my experience, it’s usually the result of having a complicated relationship with food, adopting a diet mentality and succumbing to pressure, as well as a general feeling…
