Do you know
what is the emotional conflict leading to obesity?
If you are a few pounds
overweight and you would like to lose the extra weight, or if you would like to
succeed with your diet and live happily with your body, then this is article
can be for you.
It’s possible that maybe at
some point in your life you’ve been overweight or simply had a few extra pounds
to lose, or maybe know someone who is going through this, right?
The problem is that we are fed
up with diets that help us lose weight, and then regain it once they end. This
makes us unmotivated and lowers our self esteem. We can’t find clothes that we
like to wear and begin to feel uneasy with ourselves. Would you like to
understand why the diets aren’t working?
They’re not working because
there’s an emotional conflict that prevents you from keeping your ideal weight.
When you start a diet or an exercise program you find your ideal weight, but
since the emotional conflict is still active, you regain the pounds you had
lost when the program is over.
I propose that you to discover
which emotional conflict relates to this issue.
What does overweight mean?
Overweight means to have excess weight
above a determined standard. To know if someone is overweight, the
experts use a formula called body mass index (BMI) that calculates the level of
fat connected to a person’s weight, height, and size. According to the World
Health Organization, being overweight and obesity is defined as an abnormal and
excessive accumulation of body fat that could be unhealthy.
What’s the function of excess
weight in our bodies?
We accumulate fat in our
bodies as a biological response for survival. Fat protects us from cold
weather. We feel safe by being “bigger”. Fat also serves as extra energy
storage in case of a shortage. We live all of this according to our perception
of the situations, and to our subconscious, “real” and “virtual” are the same.
What are the emotional
conflicts related to obesity?
~First there is an issue of
abandonment and separation that may have a connotation of danger. The function
of increasing the weight must be understood as a prevention, that something
will happen, and that “I have to protect myself from what is coming.” In this
case, we must find the conflict and its location in the future.
~Second, there is a sense of
emotional hunger. “I make myself big” so people will see me, recognize me, and
love me.
The localization of the fat
provides additional information:
~Fat in the belly: for a
woman it is a sensations of protecting a child and for a men it is: “I feel
like my life is under my wife’s control”. A belly that hangs over and covers
the genitals represents: “protecting my sexual organs so nothing happens
there”.
~Handels that cover the sexual
organs: Protection of sexual organs. Usually there are memories (conscious
or unconscious) of a sexual assault.
~Fat shoulders and upper
back: The conflict is: – “I must be stronger to carry these burdens.”
There is usually an issue of father abandonment.
~Edemas: “Do I still have
value?” In reference to the affected part of the body.
~Fat in general: Usually
there is a sense of: “I can only be with myself.” Here there is an emotional
conflict related to problems with protection and a sense of love deprivation.
(For the subconscious mind, food is the same as love or emotional nourishment).
~Gaining weight without
eating: Retaining liquids can occur when there is fear; when the person
feels unsafe. It can also indicate a deep feeling of self abandonment and
dislike. Weight gain can also occur after we lose a family member that is like
a landmark in our life.
~Fat in top of the kidneys
area: The conflict here is related to liquids. Water makes us float but
also there is a fear of drowning.
~Fat under the arms: “I
feel unworthy, repellent with this obesity”.
There are other conflicts
related to obesity:
~In the case of loss: The
quantity of extra pounds could indicate the age or relationship of the trauma.
For example, in the case of death, we increase the amount of kilos relative to
the amount of years since the loss took place or in the case of an abortion we
gain weight to continue feeling the pregnancy.
~Silhouette issues: This
is a subprogram of aesthetic unworthiness. The subconscious doesn’t understand
food deprivation since it involves danger of starvation which increases the
retention of fat.
~Extra fat due to love
deprivation from mom that is difficult to emotionally digest: It’s related to
breastfeeding and the emotional contact with the mother. Premature weaning can
be experienced as a loss of contact. Conflict with the mother (food represents
the emotional nourishment ).
~Problems with
identity: Those children who gain weight to call the attention of their
mother who’s probably been absent since their birth. This also happens in those
who feel that they don’t have a place in the family, are a gender they don’t
want to be (conflict of recognizing themselves), or they feel as if their
existence consists of resolving other people’s issues.
~In addition: Fat
protects us from cold weather, so it protects us from “cold relationships and
helps us avoid the loss of human warmth”.
I hope this information has
left you with a better insight of the emotional causes related to obesity.
by Cathy Romero
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