boredom<\/strong><\/a> and not because it makes us feel better. <\/p>\nEating a chocolate cake tastes awesome and feels better in the moment but all it does is distract us from the underlying stress that is already there. <\/p>\n
We’d have to eat and eat and eat and the stress would just laugh, asking us if we were “serious?”<\/p>\n
“I’m still going to be here when you get to the guilt and shame stage! Take your time.”<\/p>\n
But what else can we do? The pain is too much and we’ll do anything to relieve it, even temporarily.<\/p>\n
First we manage it so it does less harm, then we work on it.<\/p>\n
See the main page of this site, the guide …<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Emotional](\"https:\/\/www.eatinglove.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/emotionaleatinginfo-300x227.jpg\")
The Guide<\/p><\/div>\n
… for more tips on how to properly manage emotional eating.<\/em><\/p>\n…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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