A lot of people talk about emotional eating as if it is basically a personality defect. Like some people are just disciplined and other people are the sort who end up in the kitchen at 9:47 pm eating cereal straight from the box because work was awful and they cannot be bothered to make another … Read more
A lot of people assume emotional eating happens because they are not trying hard enough. If they were more disciplined, more committed, more serious this time, they would stop eating when stressed, bored, lonely, wound up, flat, whatever it is. So they clamp down harder. More rules. More promises. More internal shouting. Usually that works … Read more
Emotional eating gets talked about in a weird way online. Either it is treated like some huge deep trauma response that needs a complete life overhaul, or it gets reduced to “just have more discipline”. Neither is much use when you are standing in your kitchen at 9:40 pm eating cereal out of the box … Read more
When people notice emotional eating, their first instinct is usually to stop it. They decide it’s a bad habit. Something that needs to be controlled. They promise themselves that next time they’ll do better, be stronger, or use more willpower. The intention is good. People are trying to help themselves. The problem is that this … Read more
Emotional eating has a way of showing up again and again. You might notice it after stressful days, late in the evening, or when you finally stop and sit down. You might tell yourself you need to stop doing it, only to find it popping up in the same situations next week. That repetition is … Read more
For most people, emotional eating isn’t the hardest part. The hardest part is what happens afterwards. You eat when you’re stressed, tired, or overwhelmed. Maybe you eat more than you planned. In the moment, it might even help a little. Then the guilt kicks in. You start replaying it in your head. You tell yourself … Read more
Emotional eating is often treated as something that needs to be stopped, fixed, or controlled. People talk about it as if it’s a flaw. Something to overcome. Something that proves you lack discipline or self-control. If you’ve ever eaten when you weren’t physically hungry and then felt guilty about it, you’ve probably seen it this … Read more