Negative Feelings

Why Do You Keep Eating After You're Full?

Morty Lefkoe | Posted 11.17.2011

Morty Lefkoe

Emotional eaters don't want to face unpleasantness in their lives. They don't want to feel any negative feelings. So they eat to get a pleasurable distraction from the feelings, to numb themselves.

Addiction Recovery: Why We're Addicted to Negative Behaviors

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Ali Binazir

Many people unconsciously want to be treated poorly, taken advantage of, or even outright abused.

Friendship in Real Life vs. This Emotional Life

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Bella DePaulo

This first installment of the PBS series This Emotional Life consisted of three segments: family, friends, and lovers. Each was oddly ominous, seeming to warn us of the worst that can happen.