The Role of Emotional Eating in Depression Management

The Role of Emotional Eating in Depression Management
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Emotional wellness refers to the ability to handle life’s challenges and adapt to change and challenging experiences. Several life stressors characterize the modern environment in which we live. Sadly, the emotional burden arising from these stressors has a detrimental effect on our overall health. People react differently to such stressors. For example, some react to the stressors by overeating, in what is called emotional eating while others react by sleeping (Konttinen, 2020). According to Coverdale and Long (2015), a person’s ability to feel comfortable with themselves, manage and control their emotions, and have the confidence to persevere with the challenges contributes to a positive sense of emotional wellbeing. Therefore, a study on managing emotions to improve one’s emotional wellness should be a topic of concern among health care service providers.
Emotional distress results from social, economic, and environmental stressors, culminating in mental health issues (Horn et al., 2021). The unregulated psychological challenges that result from stressful environments often leads to mental disorders. These stressors are prominent in both conflict and non-conflict-affected populations. For example, several studies have established that cumulating effects of daily hassles, often referred to as lower-level stressors, have a higher likelihood of contributing to psychological distress than exposure to significant life events. Examples of such events include family violence, unemployment, perceived discrimination, poverty, and other complex factors such as unequal access to essential resources and opportunities (Horn et al., 2021). Training people to handle such stressors will play a significant role in reducing mental health cases worldwide.
Several studies exist on emotional wellbeing and how to manage it. Frayn, Livshits, and Knauper (2018) conducted a study on emotional eating and weight regulation. The researchers sought insight into the behaviors of normal weight individuals who engage in emotional eating through qualit...