Emotional Eating and Food Addiction

We have lots of information about which foods support our health and what we should be eating, but we still get derailed. Despite our best intentions, many of us find it difficult to make and sustain changes, especially when it comes to our eating habits. You probably already know which foods you tend to feel compulsive with and most likely, these foods are not the best ones for your health. If you do feel addictive urges with food, it’s most likely with these foods such as donuts, chocolates, ice cream, cheese, cake, etc. These are the foods that are highly addictive and hard to say no to.?

These emotional and addictive cravings are easily triggered whenever we are stressed, unhappy, bored, or experiencing some emotional stress.

Most of the time our addictive behavior comes as a coping response to some trauma. That moment of trauma is when we use food to make ourselves feel better. It can also be from past experiences where in your childhood you were experiencing distress, and your parents might have given you chocolates, or ice cream to eat to make you calm down and your body learned this pattern. So now whenever you are stressed or not feeling emotionally well you depend on food. Emotional eating is as much a psycho-spiritual aspect of you as much as it is a health issue.?

A lot of times people start with a diet and also lose some weight as well. But whenever a past trauma triggers you,? the pattern of seeking emotional comfort through addictive eating starts again and you gain weight inevitably. This issue cannot be solved with just a diet. A professional healthcare person who understands emotional food addiction and can help you heal from within can resolve these issues.

If this issue is not dealt with in time it will make them even more anxious or depressed.?

To be successful in healing from food addiction, one needs to first accept and look for the root cause of this pattern. Like every addiction, emotional eating is a symptom and not the root cause. Find the root cause, the original trauma, the life experiences when food had become a source of comfort and you’ll fix the behaviour for good.?

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