Unresolved emotions and binging
thejuicywoman
Posts: 37 Member
Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the group here and want to offer some perspective. I just started my own group called The Juicy Woman Savvy Shapers Club. As a professional speaker, author, certified empowerment coach, and Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming, I know that our binges are really just a way of swallowing down uncomfortable emotions of situations in our lives where we often feel powerless and insecure.
Our emotions are so much more than just feelings. They are chemical compounds that get stirred up in the body which cause our cells to crave more of the same each time we experience them. So when you're feeling happy, it's easier to find more reasons to feel good. And when you're feeling down, nothing seems to pull you out of the blues. That's not your imagination. That's the way our bodies work. According to the late neuroscientist, Dr. Candice Pert, our cells can actually get addicted to negative emotions. So when you binge, you've got to ask yourself, "What am I feeling?"
People who are struggling with binging are not overeating broccoli. The yummy foods we often crave are usually filled with fat additives and chemicals that are engineered by the food manufacturers to make us crave them more.
Because eating is associated with dopamine release, it sets off a bunch of happy chemicals cascading through our bodies, making us think that's it food that makes us feel good. Just like scratching an itch, it's a quick relief to use food to feel better, but it's only temporary, because the itch gets worse and your body keeps on craving more food to make it feel better. That's the way it works with food. As I tell my audiences and clients, "It's not what you're eating. It's what's eating you! So someone who binges is not only dealing with a ton of unresolved emotional issues, but also a physiological need of the body to keep supplying it with foods that the cells crave to get their fix.
I've spent years struggling with my own personal weight and body image issues, and I always thought it was a question of eating less, and having better self-control around food. Then when I became a coach and learned about how our minds and bodies work together, I realized that I've held onto my weight as a means of creating a safety zone around me from all the hurts I've endured.
When I learned about how to apply a powerful stress relief method called Emotional Freedom Technique to the many emotions that made me feel out of control around food, I finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. As a result I’m passionate about spreading the word to others. Are you familiar with how you can tap to neutralize your emotions and cravings using EFT? It’s great. Happy to share more.
Warmest regards,
Andrea
I'm new to the group here and want to offer some perspective. I just started my own group called The Juicy Woman Savvy Shapers Club. As a professional speaker, author, certified empowerment coach, and Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming, I know that our binges are really just a way of swallowing down uncomfortable emotions of situations in our lives where we often feel powerless and insecure.
Our emotions are so much more than just feelings. They are chemical compounds that get stirred up in the body which cause our cells to crave more of the same each time we experience them. So when you're feeling happy, it's easier to find more reasons to feel good. And when you're feeling down, nothing seems to pull you out of the blues. That's not your imagination. That's the way our bodies work. According to the late neuroscientist, Dr. Candice Pert, our cells can actually get addicted to negative emotions. So when you binge, you've got to ask yourself, "What am I feeling?"
People who are struggling with binging are not overeating broccoli. The yummy foods we often crave are usually filled with fat additives and chemicals that are engineered by the food manufacturers to make us crave them more.
Because eating is associated with dopamine release, it sets off a bunch of happy chemicals cascading through our bodies, making us think that's it food that makes us feel good. Just like scratching an itch, it's a quick relief to use food to feel better, but it's only temporary, because the itch gets worse and your body keeps on craving more food to make it feel better. That's the way it works with food. As I tell my audiences and clients, "It's not what you're eating. It's what's eating you! So someone who binges is not only dealing with a ton of unresolved emotional issues, but also a physiological need of the body to keep supplying it with foods that the cells crave to get their fix.
I've spent years struggling with my own personal weight and body image issues, and I always thought it was a question of eating less, and having better self-control around food. Then when I became a coach and learned about how our minds and bodies work together, I realized that I've held onto my weight as a means of creating a safety zone around me from all the hurts I've endured.
When I learned about how to apply a powerful stress relief method called Emotional Freedom Technique to the many emotions that made me feel out of control around food, I finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. As a result I’m passionate about spreading the word to others. Are you familiar with how you can tap to neutralize your emotions and cravings using EFT? It’s great. Happy to share more.
Warmest regards,
Andrea
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Totally agree. BED is both mental and physiological. And the food manufacturers totally know what they are doing. It's terrible.0
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While I agree that there are definitely foods that are easier and more tempting to binge on ("trigger" foods, "danger" foods, etc.), I'm not sure I believe that cells can become "addicted to negative emotions", or how that would be related to the foods themselves. There's a connection between your emotions and your binge-food of choice, but this seems to be stretching.
I do know that these high-flavor trigger foods can be a comfort to the binger. They taste good, they numb us out, etc. However, in a true binge mood, as I'm sure you know, you can binge on anything. Yes, even broccoli. I cringe to think of all the foods I have binged on, all across the spectrum of healthy and unhealthy. The painful truth about binging is - it's not about the food at all. It truly is about the emotions behind the binge, and our flawed coping mechanism to flee from those emotions.
I do agree that stress relief can be enormously helpful, but your post savors a bit like an ad. I truly hope it isn't.0 -
My first thought was ad, too
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