Most men who eat when they are already full have decided the problem is willpower. Dr. Jason Linder spends this episode taking that explanation apart and handing back something more useful.
Jason is a bilingual trauma and relationship therapist in San Diego, an EMDR Certified clinician and EMDRIA-Approved Consultant, and an adjunct professor at Alliant International University. In his clinical experience, almost every addictive pattern he has treated — substance or process — sits on top of two things: not enough high-quality human connection, and unresolved past experience that still has a pull on the present. The quantity of relationships is beside the point. One person can bring grief, vulnerability and overwhelm to change the picture.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:
Why compulsive eating sits on top of connection and unresolved experience rather than a lack of discipline
The three things most men were never given permission to bring to anyone — grief, vulnerability and overwhelm — and what it costs to carry them alone
How short sleep raises hunger signalling, and why evening cravings tilt toward sugar, salt and fat
How to tell nutritional hunger from emotional hunger, and what the emotional kind is actually asking for
What urge surfing is, plus four small mechanics that change a meal: chew fully, set the utensil down, no screens, stop earlier in the evening
CONNECT WITH DR. JASON LINDER
• Alliant International University faculty page: https://www.alliant.edu/faculty/jason-linder
• Writing at Psychotherapy.net: https://psychotherapy.net/blog/author/jason-linder-lmft
• Therapy practice — San Diego, California clients only: https://dr-jason-n-linder.clientsecure.me
• Instagram — @drjasonnlinder
• Linkedin — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-n-linder-psyd-8871a68b/
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