The link between Trauma and Emotional Eating

Do you find that you tend to turn to food whenever you are feeling down? Emotional eating can be triggered by past trauma and the negative emotions directly related to it as it is a way for us to redirect a negative thought back to an area of positivity. The main reason we tend to emotional eat is to escape from the negative feelings of the past and it is usually a sign of us not being able to function well in the present. 

Many trauma victims may even rely on food to play out the role of the abuser by forcing food down their throat which imitates perpetuating harm to the body and the victim role is represented as the helpless role of receiving the abuse. This allows the victim to maintain the recurrent events of the trauma whilst also enabling themselves to dissociate, distract and then to soothe the pain through their food obsession.

In this podcast episode, I will be sharing by own experiences as well as some tips on how to control emotional eating.

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