TIPs: The Brain & Change > Emotional Eating
Do you use food for comfort or to numb your feelings? Is food a way to soothe yourself when you are feeling uncomfortable or sad? You may have a loved one who turns to food for comfort and you aren't sure how to help them. Our self-help tips and articles can help you understand emotional eating.
Mindful Eating
Food is not only a way to nourish your body, but has also become a way to socialize, cope, and entertain. Society has placed more attention on what you eat, how much you continue reading
Binge eating puts us in an emotional, addictive and trance-like state. When we binge, we use food to soothe negative emotions. Food becomes our cure-all. Feeling sad? Eat. Feeling angry? Eat. Feeling scared? Eat. Feeling continue reading
Eating Disorder Treatment Help
Eating disorder feeling list: observe and recognize your feelings. Learn to build a vocabulary for your feelings.
Are You Feeling? Sad Disappointed Defeated Frustrated Angry Tired Stuck Helpless Resentful Misunderstood Irritated continue reading
Emotional eating is the tendency to turn to food as a way to cope with or manage emotions. This can include using food to numb or distract from difficult feelings like stress, anxiety, sadness, or continue reading
Emotional Eating Quiz: to determine if you are an emotional eater, ask yourself the following questions
* 1) Do you eat food instead of processing negative or overwhelming emotions?* 2) Do you frequently continue reading
