Food For Thought

Case of emotional eating

There was once a man; any emotional disturbance food was his solution

any signals of hunger he would happily eat

like a Pavlov's dog he had conditioned himself to seek food for hunger and bad feelings

any boredom? any discomfort? it’s a signal for food, he thought without any questioning

one night while scrolling through Facebook posts and upon finding a disturbing post he knew what to do — to go for the food

but then as he reached the kitchen he was surprised to find the unwashed empty dishes which he had just left on the kitchen after his regular dinner before scrolling on Facebook

so he washed the dishes and thought to himself maybe hunger is the signal for food and that he is not even hungry.

Had I become a robot?— he thought. food is not for thought/mind but for body’s hunger? Hopefully some food for thought.