HOW ARE YOU
DEPRIVED?
Your relationship to food can be an expression of what is missing in your
life. Many expressions utilize food metaphors to describe a feeling of
yearning. Hungry for love. Starving for
attention.
- Loneliness can feel like emptiness, and
food symbolically fills the void.
- If you feel sad and in need of comfort
but nobody is there to console you adequately, you may turn to food to
provide a feeling of comfort.
- If you’re in an unsatisfying
relationship, you might turn to food to satisfy your unmet needs. Alternately, you might restrict food to
express the deprivation.
- If you’re in a situation you can’t
control, you may focus on your powerlessness over food instead of feeling
powerless in the situation. Or you
might restrict food to give yourself a sense of control.
WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE OF IN YOUR LIFE?
Do you have enough friends?
Do you want more loving, nurturing, comforting people in your life?
Do you need more power over aspects of your life?
Do you need more money?
More happiness?
More time?
By getting in touch with what you want more of in your life, you may stop
turning to food to express your internal hunger.
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