Compulsive Overeating: How to Break the Cycle
Even those who are not familiar with this term have encountered compulsive overeating, because behind it lies an internal program that makes a person overeat from time to time and feel shame and guilt because of it.
The roots of this habit grow from childhood – the period when an “anchor” was embedded in our subconscious that food is a pleasure.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with enjoying food - with one caveat: when it happens consciously and a person can stop.
With compulsive overeating, a person, as a rule, does not experience pleasure, but strives for it, using food to escape from problems in life, to “eat away” negative emotions and stress.
As a result, a real vicious circle is formed: “I worry – I eat – I scold myself for what I ate – I worry – I eat…”.
If you want to break out of this vicious circle, you should first understand that life's problems are not to blame for it - as soon as you solve one, another will immediately appear.
Your goal is to break the chain of the problem, stress, unconscious desire to get pleasure to relieve the stress, overeating to get pleasure, guilt and shame.
Perhaps the most reasonable solution would be to contact a psychologist, but if this is not possible, you can try to cope with compulsive overeating on your own.
1. Understand that you eat not because you are hungry, but because you want to hide from problems.
2. Find pleasure in other things – hobbies, sports, socializing with friends, etc.
3. Focus your attention not on the process of eating, but on monitoring your eating. Food for you should remain only a way to satisfy your hunger and nothing else.
4. Keep a food diary in which you record your food and your emotions.
5. Treat the listed rules not as obligations, but as entertainment.
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