Dealing with emotional eating

by Ruth Moran

Emotional eating is a problem that more of us deal with than we realise. It can be relatively harmless (eating a chocolate bar to cheer ourselves up after a bad day at work), or it can cause serious problems for the suffer...read more

by Fatherspirit

Eating is one way that many people try to deal with difficult emotional issues in their lives; there is a certain comforting factor about swallowing food and it can mask the pain of intense problems that one may be experie...read more

by S. Mills

Emotional eating often means medicating one's self with food. Instead of prescriptions or controlled substances, comfort foods become the drug of choice. Certain foods do offer a bit of a "high," however, it is short lived...read more

by Caroline Storey

After suffering a 'nervous breakdown' some years back i found that i replaced one problem with another which was over eating. At the time it did not occur to me that i was rushing my meals and finishing first to deal with ...read more

by Rosemarie Schaut

Many people, including myself, are emotional eaters. Possibly one of the best ways of dealing with this problem is to first keep a journal of when you eat what you should not be eating. Many women find themselves consumin...read more

by Daniela Cirignano

Eating is something that every human being needs to do but what happens when it crosses the line from being a fundamental need for survival to a crutch for emotional health? It has been suggested that women are the wors...read more

by Roberta Maria Atti

The simple truth about cravings When we try to eliminate certain categories of foods from our diet, usually those we deem "bad" or "fattening", we often experience so called "cravings", intense longing for the dietary i...read more

by SHOCK

My Personal Battle with Emotional Addiction As I sit here and write this article, I do so in the release of a deep psychological pain that I have been carrying around with me for at least the last four years. I realize ...read more

by brutal snow

I have always known my commitment to food was unhealthy. Even as a child I would sit at the dinner table, after everyone was gone, savoring each and every bite. In adolescence I learned to plan my day around my meals and b...read more

by Susan Bragg

Eating is have too, a must, or our bodies do not function, our brain can not function, yet food in its own right can be the deadliest thing that we put in our mouths! How often do you see people in public eating an ice ...read more

by Richard Serra

Lengthy but worth reading. Severe depression is something few people have a handle on. Those who have it are helpless and are incapable of dealing with it, and many times are so disabled by it they can't function to ...read more

by Paul Drockton

There are no "Fat Catholics". The reality is that there are no fat Catholics. At least no fat Catholics that attend Church on a regular basis. Now for those of you that are accustomed to attending Sunday mass at Sain...read more

by Free Breeze Websley

Dieting work's permenantly for very few people; In fact, exercise programs, usually don't last over "twenty-one" days; Back to, "dieting", and why our "emotional states" or "episodes", due to our ever changing circumsta...read more

by Randa Morris

Emotional eating can be seen either as an attempt to fill (as in obesity and bulimia) or to deprive oneself entirely of the fulfillment of (as in anorexia) a void that lies deep within a person. Basic emotional needs,...read more

by Wallace Adrian D'Alessio

Stop it! Stop it right now! Well if it was that easy you wouldn't even think of doing it correct? Or will you wait until you are throwing up? How about throwing up and eating again? Have you been there and done that? I...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

EMOTIONAL EATING Eating disorders come in many shapes and forms, and that was not intended to be a pun. Many are associated with physical problems, though many happen because of emotional inner struggles that both men a...read more

by Krystle Hernandez

Emotional eating is an activity which focuses on consuming relatively large quantities of food in binge-like spurts of time in response to intense internal feelings rather than hunger. Emotional eating is manageable if yo...read more

by Ted Sherman

After a lifetime of working in offices among other people, I'm now home alone almost every day. I research and write articles, and often, when thinking up ideas, I find myself peering into the refrigerator. Too often I use...read more

by Emma Kirk

Mastering Emotional Eating Have you ever experienced a moment in time when you find yourself asking this question, Why did I do that? You then confirm that you are an intelligent person, a professional, a "whatever your...read more

by Jenn Pious

Stressed out? How about a chocolate, or maybe you like something salty. It happens to the best of us. Of course there are different degrees to emotional eating. Some of us eat until we're stuffed, with others a candy b...read more