Sentences with phrase «satisfy emotional hunger»

Sometimes consuming drugs, food, alcohol, sex, among other things soothe anxiety or satisfy emotional hunger.

If you wouldn't eat the apple in that moment, you are likely looking to satisfy an emotional hunger instead.

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Uncontrolled chronic stress can easily turn you into an emotional eater, or someone who turns to food for comfort and stress relief rather than to satisfy real hunger, leading to a higher risk of overeating and unwanted weight gain.

When it's emotional hunger we sometimes reach for food — often comfort or convenience foods to satisfy a craving.

Thus, unlike earlier theories of parent - child relationships, which emphasized the role of (any) caregiver in satisfying the infant's physiological needs (e.g., hunger), attachment theory focuses on the selectivity of personal relationships providing protection and emotional security.