It can be said that both physical and emotional factors play a role in eating behavior. Physically, we understand the difference between hunger or fullness by the signals the body sends. But emotional eating is different. Although emotional eating is not a physiological symptom, it is the act of eating in the direction of emotions. People who show emotional eating often resort to eating to suppress negative emotions or experience short-term emotional relief. Examples of these negative emotions are anger, sadness, fear and emptiness. At the same time, stress triggers emotional eating. Emotional eating may provide short-term relief, but in the long run, it can lead to feelings of regret. It is known to contribute to obesity, depression and weight gain.
So what are the main reasons for emotional eating used to manage emotions?
1. The feeling of emptiness
The feeling of emptiness is a feeling that triggers situations such as not enjoying life, finding life meaningless and aimlessness. Some people see the act of eating as a tool to get rid of this feeling of emptiness, that is, to fill the void. Emotional eating becomes a mechanism that fills the void.
2. Coping with negative emotions
Some people want to suppress unpleasant emotions, not to experience them, not to feel them. It is possible to get away from these feelings, even for a short time, through eating, but in the long run, emotional eating leads to regret. It is an important point to make it easier for people who cope with negative emotions and emotional eating to recognize and describe these emotions, and to increase their capacity to express them.
3. Maintaining the feeling of happiness
We know that eating is directly proportional to happiness. Sometimes people resort to eating to experience more happiness after eating. This situation may become chronic gradually, and after a while it may turn into a situation of eating to be happy.
Emotional eating is a very common behavior. If you sense that there is a difference in your eating behavior and you think that you cannot make a change, it may be beneficial for you to get support from a specialist. sp; exp. cln. Ps. Neslihan Celiker
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