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Posted by rjlockhart37 on August 4, 2016, at 19:33:54
i think eveeryone knows that overeating is a comfort food, because food stimulates dopamine while eating.....but i've noticed when im in a bad dysphoric mood, and i have some food, it gets me out of it, or just brings me back to baseline......not really eating food like snacking but if i have a small meal i've noticed my mood has gone back up to baseline
i think it's something with carbohydrates and glucose levels in the blood being replenished
anyone notice that?
Posted by Tabitha on August 4, 2016, at 21:36:02
In reply to food and mood, posted by rjlockhart37 on August 4, 2016, at 19:33:54
Yes, I notice that food acts as a mood boost for me. Brings baseline up, and also soothes anxiety. It's unfortunate because I don't like to be always gaining body fat.
Posted by rjlockhart37 on August 6, 2016, at 21:25:40
In reply to Re: food and mood, posted by Tabitha on August 4, 2016, at 21:36:02
sometimes when im in a bad mood and i eat, i feel better, but if im irrtible, nothing seems to satisfy me at all, that edge feeling where everything in your head feels like yuk, the opposite of content
i've also noticed when im depressed ill look more too food, maybe beccause eating releases dopamine in the nerve synpase, and the brain is trying to regulate it and increase it, it's the opposite on amphetamines, i could go days without anything to eat lose major weight loss
i think food somehow has a connection with the taste on the tongue, and the process of eating, that satisfying feeling when you finally get something to eat after being very hungry, it's a major euphoria (short lived) but i think that's what causes such a problem in the US and the world it.....really food stimulates dopamine, pleasurable from taste and getting stomach full=comfort
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