Is Shame Driving Your Emotional Eating?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you eat to avoid feeling shame?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you feel shame because your body doesn’t conform to societal  ideas of what it should look like?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you feel shame about your food choices or how much you eat?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Were you ever told that you were somehow inadequate because of your body size? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Or because you chose to wear certain clothing that revealed too much of a body that someone thought was not worthy of being revealed?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a child or adult, did people make comments about your weight, including your parents, siblings or friends?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Were you bullied in school, in sports or on the playground because of  your weight? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Did your parents use shame to get you to behave the way they wanted you to? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Any of these things can cause feelings of shame.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is shame anyway? How does it differ from guilt? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s a lot of questions! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stay tuned to learn about shame and how it could be at the root of your issues with food and eating, and what you can do to manage or eliminate those feelings.</span></p>