Can People Really Be Addicted to Food?
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 2:07PM Hmm, addicted to food? Can we be addicted to something that is essential to our existance? I read this article Can People Really Be Addicted to Food? earlier this morning and found it very interesting.
I've commented for many years that if there is addiction of any sort in your family, then you have a greater propensity toward addictive behavior as well. Not all addictions are obvious, but all eventually create harm or problems within our lives. The obvious ones are the alcohol, drugs, tobacco, sex, pornography, gambling, etc. But what about work, coffee, sodas, chocolate, electronic games, surfing the web, surfing facebook or myspace or exercise? Is it possible to become addicted to any of them? Look at the definition of addiction:
Addiction is an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its negative consequences. A person who is addicted is sometimes called an addict. wordIQ.com
If your spending time doing or eating something becomes an "uncontrollable compulsion" and it begins to create problems in your life or affects those around you negatively, then you'd have to admit that it's probably an addiction.
Breaking addictions is VERY difficult. Anyone who has ever tried can attest to that. Many years ago I met a Psychiatrist who taught me to use a tool called EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). He said that in forty years of practicing Psychiatry, this was the most useful tool/technique that he had. I have since used it with and taught it to many of my patients (you?). This is a tool that you can learn to use anywhere. Not only does it work well for addictions, but it works well for dealing with stress and a WIDE variety of other issues as well.
So, do you have an addiction? Is it something that you never thought could possibly be an addiction?
EFT, addict, addiction in Integrative Holistic Health, Mental Health
Reader Comments (2)
Is there anything that one can do to reduce the craving for eating late at night? It seems to be a common problem based on emotions? Habit?
There amy be supplements, or is the problem deeper - rooted in the psyche?
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