Do you sit on the couch with your best friend potato chips beside you as you cry out your heartache and bitterness in the world? There are times where we eat more than what our body needs. We eat not only to be full and to gratify our physical needs. Most of the time, we eat because it makes us feel good for a moment. We eat because it is our way of running away from the negative emotions we feel. When we feel depressed, we eat. We use food as oursafe haven, a sort of security blanket amidst our insecurities towards the world.

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There are cases where circumstances in an individual’s life can make their behaviors problematic that it greatly affects the life they live. Somehow, substance abuse could possibly be a byproduct of a certain psychiatric disorder. A person afflicted with an anxiety disorder could also become addicted to oxycontin, which can give anyone the feeling of relaxation. Make sense?

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