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When Emotional Eating Feels Like the Only Comfort

I eat my feelings every night and I know it is not about the food but I cannot figure out what it is actually about.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Food has become a coping mechanism for emotions that feel too overwhelming to experience directly.

Ideas that help explain it
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