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Does Comfort Food Really Comfort Us Or Are We Just Emotional Eating? - Medical Daily
You are sad, angry or feeling anxious. You go straight to the kitchen to find some sweets as your “comfort food” but not everything you eat can help you escape.
Many people believe that emotional upset directly causes overeating. However, eating problems are actually triggered by desire, according to Glenn Livingston, a psychologist and author of “Never Binge Again,”
“There's not really an automatic link between emotion and overeating, even though it really feels like there is,” he said in an article posted on Psychology Today. “There's more going on behind the scenes than people realize.”
You are sad, angry or feeling anxious. You go straight to the kitchen to find some sweets as your “comfort food” but not everything you eat can help you escape.
Many people believe that emotional upset directly causes overeating. However, eating problems are actually triggered by desire, according to Glenn Livingston, a psychologist and author of “Never Binge Again,”
“There's not really an automatic link between emotion and overeating, even though it really feels like there is,” he said in an article posted on Psychology Today. “There's more going on behind the scenes than people realize.”