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Drinking alcohol may make you feel relaxed and cheerful for a while. In some cases, though, it could affect your mood in the long run. You may sometimes feel that drinking alcohol helps you handle everyday stresses. But what if you start relying on alcohol as a coping mechanism or an emotional release? Learning to identify possible red flags in your relationship with alcohol may prevent you from leaning on it to feel better or using it as a crutch. If you’ve heard the term “emotional eating,” then you may be familiar with the idea of consuming comfort foods to…
Do you find yourself racing to the kitchen every now and then when you’re feeling low or upset? According to a study, people who eat emotionally reach for food several times a week or more to suppress and soothe negative feelings. They may even feel guilt or shame after eating this way, leading to a cycle of excess eating and associated issues, like weight gain. Another group of scientists, including one of Indian origin, said emotional events can make us binge on ice-creams and sweets. While stress eating or emotional eating isn’t a new phenomenon, is it more common amid…
Do you find yourself racing to the kitchen every now and then when you’re feeling low or upset? According to a study, people who eat emotionally reach for food several times a week or more to suppress and soothe negative feelings. They may even feel guilt or shame after eating this way, leading to a cycle of excess eating and associated issues, like weight gain.Another group of scientists, including one of Indian origin, said emotional events can make us binge on ice-creams and sweets. While stress eating or emotional eating isn’t a new phenomenon, is it more common amid the…
Texas’ attorney general is suing fitness influencer Brittany Dawn, accusing her of misleading customers with eating disorders and promising customized nutrition and fitness plans while giving patrons the same plan.The lawsuit by Attorney General Ken Paxton, seen by Insider, alleged that for fees as high as $300 per person, Dawn sold largely similar fitness plans while saying they were personalized to each customer.The Christian influencer — who has almost 500,000 followers on Instagram and describes herself as a “Jesus seeker” and “Kingdom chaser” in her Instagram biography — promised individualized feedback and regular check-ins that never happened, the lawsuit said.The…
We are masters of distraction, and our society makes it easier than ever. Nearly half of Americans spend at least five hours on their phone each day, according to a survey conducted last February, and the average American spends about 3 hours each day watching television.Read More: Video Game Addiction Is on the Rise. Here’s What It Looks LikeAnytime we feel an uncomfortable emotion surfacing, we often do what we can to make ourselves feel better in the moment — whether that means scrolling through Instagram, watching videos on TikTok, online shopping or binge watching a favorite television show. It…
As a kid growing up in the Minneapolis suburbs during the ’90s, Nick Green’s kitchen cupboard was not like his friends’ kitchen cupboards. There were no salty snacks, no sugary cereal, no soda. Even Honey Nut Cheerios were verboten.His mother, part of a large Mexican American family, had seen how the modern diet led to so many health problems for her relatives, and resolved to raise her own children with minimal processed foods.Mr. Green said being deprived of traditional sweets and snacks was frustrating — and that he raided his friends’ kitchens when he had the chance — but that…
CNN — During any life-changing event, there comes a moment when the fog of the crisis temporarily clears, and you realize with certainty that things will never be the same again. That moment gets a lot of airtime in books and movies, often as a pivotal, middle-of-the-night epiphany in a protagonist’s narrative arc. Sticking to the stereotype, that moment came for me at 5 a.m., on a morning about two months after I was left incapacitated by a lumbar puncture. That was the instant that I realized I would likely never return to the life I’d worked so hard to…
CNN — During any life-changing event, there comes a moment when the fog of the crisis temporarily clears, and you realize with certainty that things will never be the same again. That moment gets a lot of airtime in books and movies, often as a pivotal, middle-of-the-night epiphany in a protagonist’s narrative arc. Sticking to the stereotype, that moment came for me at 5 a.m., on a morning about two months after I was left incapacitated by a lumbar puncture. That was the instant that I realized I would likely never return to the life I’d worked so hard to…
Blog post written by Samantha Durfy, MA, RSW, MSW and Lindzie O’Reilly, RD, MANTogether we work at Student Wellness Services at the University of Guelph where we see University of Guelph students for one-to-one appointments and offer a variety of groups and workshops on campus. Since Winter 2017, we have worked together to co-facilitate a Meal Support Group for University of Guelph students. That means that this semester (Winter ‘22) we are celebrating our ELEVENTH semester running this group!Participating in group support in general and a Meal Support Group in particular can feel like an overwhelming thing. Past participants in…
Many people with anorexia speak about having an anorexic voice in their head. They explain that anorexia speaks to them, and it is this anorexic voice that drives their behaviour. For example, anorexia may be telling them that they’ve eaten too much and they are going to gain lots of weight so eating disorder compensation behaviours are needed. Also, it is this anorexic voice that people will often say speaks to them constantly telling them that anorexia will make them feel better, that they are nothing without it, that anorexia is the answer to all the problems.I don’t doubt that…