Overeating is one of the options for food addiction. It’s no secret that quite often overeating is associated with the desire to drown out negative emotions, in such a simple and quick way as if to improve and restore one’s state of mind. When a person does not think about the causes or consequences of overeating, he gets the idea that it’s just in the love of food or in an excessive appetite, while in fact, with the help of food, he is trying to drown out the emptiness in the soul, and not in the stomach. There may be several signs of this condition. Some people eat endlessly until they feel disgusted. Some people try to control themselves, but at the same time constantly think about food. But all these are manifestations of so-called emotional overeating. Its reasons, as a rule, boil down to the fact that in the modern world most people are subject to constant stress. These stresses themselves would be enough, but in addition, under the burden of constant affairs and problems, we absolutely forget to take care of ourselves. As a result, our psyche responds to us with anger, fear, sadness, anxiety, neuroses and depression. Overeating is designed in such a way that we start eating without being able to recognize these same sadness, fear, anxiety. The brain receives a signal of need and, not knowing what to do with it, recognizes it as a feeling of hunger, which, which turns out to be very useful, is quite easy to satisfy. It would seem, why would the brain do this? But the point is not only that such a way out of the situation is direct and easy. It's a matter of instincts. In infancy, during breastfeeding, we receive not only nutrition, but also satisfy our needs for comfort, protection, and safety. So our brain simply regards the situation as familiar and offers a proven solution. Emotional eating cannot be harmless. Firstly, it prevents us from recognizing our real needs and emotions, which is fraught with much more serious consequences for the psyche in the future. And secondly, the fact that emotional overeating does not in any way cancel the gradual gain of excess weight, problems with the gastrointestinal tract, exacerbation of chronic diseases. The path to getting rid of emotional overeating begins with awareness of its presence, understanding that eating stress does not solve problems, but only creates them. You need to learn to listen to yourself, recognize your true emotions and needs, satisfying them in appropriate ways, and not through overeating.