Emotional eating is a phrase you hear tossed around a lot nowadays, usually with a negative connotation. The truth is, we’re so out of touch with our emotions as a society that most people are actually emotionless eaters. They eat to numb out or avoid their emotions, not feel them.
And when that happens, it’s usually because we’re hungry for something. Whether it’s physical hunger due to restriction or emotionally starved for self-validation.
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