Eating your sorrows has become a popular element of romantic comedies. Because wine and a carton of ice cream are the best solutions to heart problems, aren’t they? However, in real life, this behavior can develop into uncontrolled hunger pangs associated with strong emotions or prolonged stress. Compulsive eating is a psychological disorder that affects both men and women.
- Long-term stress and strong emotions can cause uncontrolled hunger pangs
- Contrary to physiological hunger, emotional hunger comes suddenly and is often directed towards a particular type of food
- Emotional hunger is also associated with a strong craving that, regardless of physiology, triggers the urge to eat
- When feeling emotionally hungry, we consume more foods, despite the feeling of being full. Our main goal is to quench our thirst
- In the case of eating disorders, it is very important to build a healthy relationship with food
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Food is an integral part of our lives. However, it is often used as a form of comfort or reward. Sometimes it is also associated with childhood and sometimes carefree pampering. Unfortunately, eating emotions that we cannot cope with brings only temporary satisfaction and is often associated with even greater guilt. In such cases, it is necessary to build a healthy relationship with food and to learn or appropriately help in dealing with emotions. However, the most important thing is to understand how emotional hunger differs from ordinary physiological hunger. Thanks to this, it will be much easier for us to control compulsive behavior.
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Physiological hunger
Hunger is often signaled by muscle contractions in the stomach walls, a feeling of weakness, headache or problems with concentration. In the case of physiological starvation, these symptoms worsen gradually, along with an increase in the energy deficit. However, this hunger is not related to specific products, and its satisfaction may be postponed. The feeling of fullness is felt 10-15 minutes after eating a meal. Usually it is also accompanied by a feeling of satisfaction and peace as well as a sense of meeting the energy deficit. In this case, you are unlikely to feel guilty, especially if you are eating a balanced diet.
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Emotional hunger
Unfortunately, unlike the physiological symptoms of hunger – emotional hunger appears suddenly and is often directed to a specific type of food. A characteristic feature of this type of hunger is also a strong and irresistible thirst, which must be satisfied as soon as possible.
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Compulsive overeating is also associated with some kind of lack of control. The craving mentioned earlier is a physiological urge to eat. Therefore, when we feel emotional hunger, we eat more foods, despite the feeling of satiety, because our goal is to satisfy our thirst. Very often, these attacks end in guilt and restrictive diets.
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