What are your emotional triggers?
For most of us emotional eating is not only triggered by a specific life event it also is triggered by your every day response to emotional, environmental and / or physical stress.
Stress can be emotional: Emotional stress is triggered by your thoughts. Worry, frustration, anger, depression, anxiety and many other negative emotions can cause emotional stress.
Stress can be environmental: This is what is happening in your outside world. Examples of environmental stress are not having enough to eat, the place you live, school and / or who you live with.
Stress can be physical: This is what is happening inside our body. This includes any sickness, disease, not eating healthy foods and / or poor sleeping habits.
Stress can be a life event: Life events can include the death of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job, increase in financial obligations even getting married can cause increased stress.
According to WebMD stress can be dangerous to your health. If you've been stressed out for a
short period of time, you may start to notice some of these physical signs:
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Difficulty sleeping
- Difficulty concentrating
- Upset stomach
- Irritability
When stress becomes long-term and is not properly addressed, it can lead to a number of more serious health conditions, including:
- Depression
- High blood pressure
- Abnormal heartbeat (arrhythmia)
- Hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis)
- Heart disease
- Heart attack
- Heartburn, ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome
- Upset stomach -- cramps, constipation, and diarrhea
- Weight gain or loss
- Changes in sex drive
- Fertility problems
- Flare-ups of asthma or arthritis
- Skin problems such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis
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To find your emotional eating triggers, think back to the last time you overate. Think of the events/emotions/thoughts / physical you went through before overeating. If you can't remember keep a food and emotion journal to bring your emotional eating to your awareness which is the first to a solution.
