Emotional Intelligence Pocketbook by Gill Hasson

Author:Gill Hasson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857087294
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2016-12-22T15:00:00+00:00

MANAGING EMOTIONAL EATING AND DRINKING

Physical hunger comes from your stomach. Emotional hunger comes from the head. – Author unknown

Emotional eating is eating – usually ‘comfort’ or junk foods – in response to emotional feelings instead of physical hunger. Many of us turn to food when difficult feelings arise. It’s understandable; eating is a quick way to manage your emotions. You don’t like feeling sad, anxious, bored, angry or guilty – you feel like you need chocolate, cake and crisps – and so you’re able to comfort or distract yourself immediately.

We often turn to food and drink to feel better and to feel safe. Food can feel like a friend. But eating ‘comfort foods’ only stuffs down your emotions and leaves your feelings unprocessed – it’s a short-term fix – you’re still anxious, bored, angry, guilty, sad or upset.

(The Germans have a word – Kummerspeck – for the excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.)

Emotional eating often leads to feelings of guilt; you know that you’re eating for the ‘wrong’ reasons; not only have you eaten badly, you feel bad too. It’s a vicious circle!

The occasional spell of emotional eating is okay, but the problem is, it can become a habit, preventing you from learning how to resolve emotional distress effectively both now and in the future. Without the ability to manage feelings in helpful ways, you’re susceptible not just to emotional eating, but to other unhealthy, potentially harmful behaviour such as drinking, smoking and drug taking.

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