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fattsmann t1_je1qjhg wrote

Reply to comment by Vq-Blink in LPT Request: How to stop over eating and have more control over my diet? by Vq-Blink

The dopamine high IS the emotional component. The emotions are excitement, joy, and others in that bucket of feelings.

A side consideration -- what things in your life bring you those emotions beside eating? Like hobbies, success at work, sex, etc., etc.

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KeyboardJustice t1_je27yec wrote

Using the word emotional in this context just seems so wrong. Emotion is an abstract concept and isn't really complete enough to describe the problem. "The problem is related to your feelings" vs "It's a psychological or mental health issue."

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fattsmann t1_je35dsb wrote

I do agree with the point I think you are making (not quite clear so I'll just go for it): The OP doesn't necessarily need a support group. I am not saying anything about that level of problem but I think the OP needs to identify that there is something driving the behavior that doesn't lie on the rationale side of the spectrum.

Everything we do is touched by emotion -- you feel something when you eat, drink something, sleep, talk to someone, etc. That could be satisfaction, happiness, contentment, whatever.

But people think emotions have to be the extreme highs or lows... and they don't realize you are feeling everything in between as well.

"Humans are feeling animals that think some of the time."

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KeyboardJustice t1_je3cu8y wrote

My point was that emotion is part of and instrumental to mental health. Just that using it as the core concept is looking at things through a keyhole. As an aside we saw above that it's off-putting to clients too if not introduced delicately and rationally(haha). Indeed emotion will be part of a proper treatment for the issue and is part of everything. Leading with it in the ways seen further up the chain comes off as narrow.

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