So let’s dig a bit deeper into anxiety. Because the thing is, while binge eating or emotional eating as a way to calm your nervous system is a really quick, really fast-acting method of system regulation, it’s actually not a longstanding solution. It’s more of a pause. A way to cope. To be ok, for the moment. It’s usually just an escape button to get you out of the burning building, but it doesn’t actually put the fire out or help you mitigate the fire from starting in the first place.

Food is often our preferred way to quote “get rid” of the anxiety, when we’re not actually getting rid of it, we’re more just suppressing it for the moment. Which is why it’s not my favorite form of coping. Because we’re not actually processing the anxiety, we’re just numbing it or buffering it. Which, don’t get me wrong, can be a helpful strategy depending on the situation.

But what I like to do, is help my clients reframe their relationship with anxiety so they don’t have to escape button their way out of it with food – because I want them to actually learn more about themselves and ultimately, connect deeper with their core Self.

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