“There are many ways to deal with stress, and one of them is food addiction.
People relieve stress by overeating.
It is clear that this problem is not easy to cope with, because the stomach is simply stretched.
Therefore, it is necessary to attract specialists, ”she explained.
The expert noted: those who seize stress are usually generally prone to all sorts of addictions.
“Purely psychologically, this is due to the fact that a person who clings to something (this not only concerns overeating, but alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling addiction, shopaholics also belong here), in principle, is prone to addictions.
But it was easier for him to choose this - it is the simplest.
But, naturally, he chooses not by reason, but, on the contrary, subconsciously.
What does he get from food?
Pleasure.
Just like all other addicted people.
And man is a hormone factory.
These processes - psychological, endocrine, hormonal - are always together, ”added Varskaya.
She noted that consulting a doctor is useful because each person needs an individual approach, but, as the expert explained, you can try to relieve stress in safer ways.
“We need to work on this.
It is necessary to change the dominant: perhaps it is worth looking for something that also produces hormones of pleasure, but only harmless.
For some, this is being in nature, watching the forest, flowers - hormones are also produced.
Find something like that.
Someone, perhaps, feels pleasure from the paintings in the museum, ”she concluded.
Earlier, clinical psychologist and writer Mikhail Khors told in an interview with RT how to recognize and overcome addiction to social networks.