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Emotional eating is turning to food to soothe feelings, usually in moderate amounts, without losing control over how much you eat. Binge eating disorder is a diagnosable condition marked by recurrent episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food with a sense of loss of control, followed by significant distress [1]. Many people do both at different times. The differences ...

Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental health condition in which you become preoccupied with perceived flaws in your appearance that other people cannot see or find minor. The preoccupation drives repetitive behaviors like mirror checking, camouflaging, or skin picking, and causes real distress or problems in daily life [1]. BDD is t...

When the grieving process remains interruptive for an extended period of time and does not seem to be diminishing, it may be helpful to determine if you are experiencing healthy grief, clinical depression/major depressive disorder, or the more uncommon prolonged grief disorder. Each situation requires a different approach in order to reach a place of healing.