Many people deal with difficult feelings by resorting to long relied upon self-soothing methods. These typically started helping us cope with our pain, when we were very young. One of the ways we learned to COPE when we felt anxious or bad as children, was relying on food to soothe us. Other coping mechanisms have involved masturbation, addiction to sex, porn, over-work, rigorous gym workouts, drugs, alcohol, staying too busy to FEEL our difficult emotions, etc.
How have YOU learned to "cope?"
How have YOU learned to "cope?"
How have YOU learned to "cope?"
Many people deal with difficult feelings by resorting to long relied upon self-soothing methods. These typically started helping us cope with our pain, when we were very young. One of the ways we learned to COPE when we felt anxious or bad as children, was relying on food to soothe us. Other coping mechanisms have involved masturbation, addiction to sex, porn, over-work, rigorous gym workouts, drugs, alcohol, staying too busy to FEEL our difficult emotions, etc.