Do you find yourself raiding the fridge after a bad day?  Perhaps you find solace in alcohol, the escape of TV or even hitting the gym several times a day?  These are all forms of dysfunctional behaviours. In fact, anything you do as a way of coping with stress that isn’t dealing head on with the stress is a dysfunctional behaviour.  For me it was eating, and for years I had a major problem with food. It got so bad I had to take drastic measures, but even then, once the eating stopped I found myself with all of this unmanaged stress and anxiety – what was I supposed to do?!  In this episode I help you identify your own dysfunctional behaviours and explain how these habits are made and broken, so that you can start to get your behaviour under control and live a happy, healthy life.    Here are the highlights:  (03:30) How are dysfunctional behaviours formed?  (04:53) My battle as a stress eater  (11:06) Obesity is NOT about laziness  (17:04) What do you use to cover up the pain?  (22:14) Embedding a functional behavioural cycle  (25:17) Anything can be dysfunctional 

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