Dr Kirren - Psychologist

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✨Cortisol is an anxiety stress hormone, released as part of the anxiety fight-flight response. Even though it initially suppresses appetite, when it is chronically high due to long-term anxiety or stress, it can have the opposite effect. It can stimulates hunger and cravings for high-calorie, sugary, or fatty foods, potentially leading to overeating. This can be because food provides a temporary sense of comfort. ✨Aside from anxiety and stress, depression, low self-esteem, and trauma can also cause people to overeat for comfort. ✨Comfort eating can temporarily make you feel better, but it can also lead to a cycle where you feel bad again, so you comfort eat again. When people get stuck in this cycle, they can feel guilt or shame too, which can bring more negative emotions, and then more over eating. 
 ✨ Developing skills to better manage stress and anxiety, can be very helpful in reducing stress-induced overeating. You will find a tons of tools in my book Ten Times Calmer to help with this. ✨ If overeating is linked to other challenges, seeking professional help can be a powerful step towards healing, improving your overall well-being, and developing healthier coping mechanisms. ##foodtiktok##eating

Do you avoid answering or making calls, or both? 

✨The sound of a phone ringing can be triggering, it can spark memories of being given bad news in the past or having received threatening calls. 

✨Phone calls can also feel intrusive due to the unpredictability they can bring, especially when you don’t recognise the number. And worry about what to say. ✨Phone calls might also bring back feelings of being unprepared or having your boundaries violated. 

✨All of these things can lead to phone avoidance, which can feel like a good way to regain safety and control.

Information for educational purposes only. Not everyone who avoids phone calls is experiencing anxiety, phone avoidance can also be a symptom of social anxiety or simply a personal preference.
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Do you have this anxiety? 
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