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Psychoanalysis and the unconscious

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Dark feelings will haunt us until they are expressed in words

Continued mental growth requires dealing with alexithymia, or the inability to express emotions through words or images

by Tom Wooldridge

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The body and physical health

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Practise ‘intuitive eating’ and feel a lot happier about food

Practise ‘intuitive eating’ and free yourself from worrying about food and the ricochet between dieting and indulging in it

by Charlotte H Markey

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Difficult emotions

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How to stop emotional eating

Whether compelled by an inner void, loneliness or boredom, psychoanalysis can help you understand why you seek comfort in food

by Nina Savelle-Rocklin

A person in a white T-shirt sits in a chair near a bright window, looking down at an open book while holding a pen.

Eating disorders

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Is ‘feeling fat’ really a manifestation of underlying sadness?

Patients with eating disorders who feel overweight are often told that the underlying cause is emotional. What if it’s not?

by Stephen Gadsby & Bence Nanay

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Eating disorders

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The important link between eating disorders and past trauma

For someone who’s endured trauma, an eating disorder might be one of the aftereffects. That should inform their recovery

by Giulia Suro

Abstract illustration of two people; one is sitting and eating with chopsticks, the other is walking away, in a room with soft pastel walls.

Eating disorders

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How to spot an eating disorder

Worried about someone’s behaviour around food? Eating disorders are serious and secretive: knowing the red flags will help

by Phillip Aouad & Sarah Maguire

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Eating disorders

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Body image distortions are a normal feature of mental life

Body image distortions can be severe in anorexia nervosa and bulimia, but they’re also a normal feature of mental life

by Matthew R Longo

A child with long hair sits at a kitchen table in dim light, looking down while eating.

Eating disorders

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When fear grew in my stomach, I starved myself just to survive

Hungry to survive an abusive childhood, I stopped eating. Years later, I learned the name of my eating disorder

by Nataliya Deleva