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Guest Blogger - When the Mind Feeds the Mouth: How Mental Health Shapes Food Choices and What to Do About It

Image via Freepik This article was written by guest blogger, Adam C. He's previously contributed articles on our blog, Overcoming Schizophrenia. Adam continues to deliver great written material with links to resources. Thank you, Adam, for sharing your insight and ongoing support. When the Mind Feeds the Mouth: How Mental Health Shapes Food Choices and What to Do about It You don't always reach for the bag of chips because you're hungry. Sometimes, it's stress. Other times it's habit masquerading as hunger. Mental health and food are linked in quiet, often invisible ways - patterns carved by emotion, reinforced by repetition, and easy to miss until your body starts asking questions you can't answer with another snack. But the fix isn't shame or stricter willpower. It's awareness. It's rhythm. And it starts by recognizing what your eating habits are responding to - and why they keep coming back. How Mental Health Shapes Food Choices When the nervous s...