Some people have a really difficult time with crisis/or anxiety; they collapse, go into despair and eat to avoid their emotions.
It is called “boredom” or “emotional” eating for a reason.
Other people have a difficult time feeling “safe” being safe; their new habits might please the conscious mind, but may send a stress signal to the Limbic System to respond with anxiety and self-sabotage
The reason this vicious cycle occurs repeatedly can be explained with the way our brain is designed to operate.
As soon as we start to experience changes, the Critter Brain will sound the alarm bells and elevate the compulsion to slide back into old self-destructive habits.
Medicating with food might work for some temporarily because it numbs us out.
But usually it leaves us still wanting MORE.
Often, it’s some part of us that wants to be more expressed but feels suppressed.
Stuffing yourself with food when you are not hungry is OFTEN a sign that something else is wanting YOUR attention.
Perhaps you are working too much and creativity has been put on hold. Perhaps you`ve been home-bodying too much and you are craving more social time with friends.
If instead of recognizing the message in this “hunger,” you use food to numb yourself, this is a compulsion. Compulsions are automated behaviors.
Any compulsion we have is a powerful healing opportunity. It is the body trying to communicate a need or desire, usually some place in our lives where we are under-expressed.
Have you fallen for fad diets and products that promise you quick results and leave you more confused than ever? You are far from alone.
A Summary of The 3 Brains:
The Critter Brain does not like change. Change = unknown = unsafe. The Critter Brain likes things to stay the same
The conscious mind or Human Brain loves change
The Limbic System is involved with the emotional responses to stress, fear and anxiety
Remember, every symptom, craving or behavior around food has a positive intention; therefore symptoms, cravings and behaviors are not the problem, they are the just the best solution you have come up with so far.
What are cravings?
Cravings are not bad, they are simply messengers that something is wanting to be nourished
