Did the beautiful girl Kanna Hashimoto suddenly gain weight? Psychological counselor: 9 simple questions to reveal your psychological needs from your eating habits

At the age of 14, Kanna Hashimoto was dubbed "the most beautiful girl in a thousand years" by the Japanese media because of her beautiful street photos. She is deeply loved by fans for her sweet smile and natural and cute personality. Recently, the behind-the-scenes footage of the shooting of an advertisement, her obviously round figure and double chin that appeared from time to time, unexpectedly sparked heated discussions, and many fans directly pointed out that "the goddess has collapsed." Counseling psychologist Lin Cuifen mentioned in her new book that, generally speaking, women are more likely to suffer from eating disorders than men. Although both men and women are paying more and more attention to their body shape, women pay more attention to their body shape and hope to meet the social standards of women's body shape through dieting.

Stress levels can also change our eating habits. Our body mechanisms are truly amazing. One of the physiological signals of stress response is the gain of weight around the waist and hips. This is because stress hormones stimulate appetite, making us particularly want to eat high-fat, high-sugar, and heavy-tasting foods, such as French fries, potato chips, fried chicken, cakes, desserts, etc. Like many people, after a busy day of overtime, they will desperately want to eat spicy hot pot, barbecue and beer to reward their stomachs. Or when you are in a bad mood, you may want to eat sweets and cakes to increase your sense of happiness, but sweets can cause your blood sugar to rise and fall sharply, which can make your mood unstable.

Don’t underestimate the impact of sweets on your emotions. Scholars have found that children and adolescents who eat too much high-sugar food not only show hyperactive and aggressive behaviors, but also have poor concentration. At this time, as long as you change your eating habits and eat a balanced diet with protein, these behaviors will improve a lot. However, it should be noted that the cause of ADHD is not simply due to high sugar levels, but is also related to the function of the prefrontal lobe of the brain and environmental factors. It requires professional evaluation by a psychiatrist before a diagnosis can be made.

In addition to work pressure, people of almost every age group rely on "eating" to reduce their insecurity and stress. In addition, many people now prefer to "chase TV series" to relieve stress, so it is easy to develop a habit of eating snacks while watching TV. They eat while watching and unknowingly eat a lot of junk food. Lin Cuifen pointed out that during the counseling process, she came into contact with many people suffering from eating disorders, especially those suffering from bulimia. I found that in addition to having negative "physical evaluations" of themselves, most of them also had the issue of being overly controlled by their family or lovers. It is also possible that they had experienced a major out-of-control event in their life, which caused the person to fall into extreme anxiety and uneasiness.

In terms of personality traits, people who suffer from bulimia often have strong moral values, strive for perfection, and usually care about the opinions of others. They hope to maintain an "ideal and perfect" body shape in order to gain attention and recognition from others. But deep down they firmly believe that they are imperfect, and they tend to be shy when interacting with others and dare not express their opinions. Such contradictory psychology can easily accumulate anxiety, allowing them to release anxiety through the process of "bingeing and purging", but what follows is not a feeling of relaxation, but instead emotions of guilt and shame. There were a few particularly tough times; in the afternoon, evening, and midnight, they would hide away alone to experience the physical and emotional torture alone.

In fact, women have been taught since childhood that "body" is an important factor in how others judge them. From TV stars to advertising appeals, they are all establishing a standard that is difficult to achieve, especially when it comes to the body. The inculcation of these standards will affect women's feelings about their bodies, which is known as "body evaluation." Whether your "body evaluation" is positive or negative will affect your eating habits. If your "body evaluation" is negative, you will expect to achieve a standard body shape by controlling your diet.

To change eating disorders and end the cycle of binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors, you must first understand the causes of this condition, know what harm it will cause to your body, and learn healthy ways to control your weight. But the most important thing is to transform "negative body evaluation" and reshape a positive self-image. The value of each of us is not only determined by appearance, but also by strengthening our confidence in ourselves from the heart.

[How to understand your psychological needs from your eating habits?] 】

※From a person’s eating habits, we can not only understand their psychological needs, but also see whether they have good self-control? You may want to pick up a pen and take the test. Please answer according to the actual situation.

1. Under what circumstances do you usually eat?

⒜You will only eat when you feel so hungry that you feel weak all over.

⒝I just finished my main meal and I want to have dessert.

2. Under what circumstances do the foods you want to eat come to your mind?

⒜ You may suddenly want to eat a certain food, such as water spinach, meat, or something you don’t normally like to eat.

⒝ Often cannot make up your mind what to eat.

3. Is diet affected by emotions?

⒜You feel like eating when your stomach feels empty.

⒝You want to eat when you are depressed or bored.

4. Do you cut food into small pieces?

⒜ Often

⒝This is rarely the case.

5. When you exercise, do you imagine burning all the calories?

⒜This happens often.

⒝This is rarely the case.

6. Do you often feel guilty after eating?

⒜This happens often.

⒝This is rarely the case.

7. Do you like wearing loose and big clothes?

⒜This is rarely the case.

⒝This happens often.

8. Do you often wear dark-colored clothes?

⒜This is rarely the case.

⒝This happens often.

9. Can you wear clothes that show off your figure?

⒜This happens often.

⒝This is rarely the case.

Please see the next page for results analysis

※ Result analysis:

★Those who answered (a) to questions 1, 2, and 3

This means that your need for food is physiological, that is, eating is to supplement basic nutrition. Especially when you suddenly want to eat a certain food, it may be a signal sent by your body. You might as well replenish the necessary nutrition as soon as possible. For example, many pregnant women have had the experience of "suddenly wanting to eat a certain food", which is a message from the body.

★Those who answered (b) in questions 1, 2, and 3

This means that your need for food is psychological, and you are very dependent on food to soothe your feelings of loss and helplessness. So, when you have just eaten and want to eat again, you might as well do more things that can create a sense of control and fullness, such as exercising, drinking water, eating low-calorie foods, and staying away from places where food is stored, such as refrigerators and kitchens. These are all good choices.

★Those who answered (a) to questions 4, 5, and 6

You over-control your diet and sometimes use unhealthy means to diet. You should pay special attention to nutritional balance.

★Those who answered (b) in questions 4, 5, and 6

You don't pay much attention to controlling your diet, and you don't mistreat your internal organs. If you are not careful, your weight will increase sharply. Remember to weigh yourself regularly to avoid getting out of control.

★Those who answered (a) to questions 7, 8, and 9

You are quite confident about your figure and will show off your strengths at appropriate times, occasionally showing off a little sexiness. Having a healthy attitude towards your body means you won't feel ashamed or embarrassed if someone stares at your figure.

★Those who answered (b) in questions 7, 8, and 9

It is obvious that you are trying to hide yourself with clothes. For you, the more clothes you wear, the safer you feel. The darker the color, the more comfortable you feel. You hate any clothes that emphasize your figure because you are worried that others will laugh at your figure. In fact, such an approach will make you focus on self-criticism and lose sight of your own charm. Also, when you interact with others, the topics of conversation will often revolve around weight and weight loss, making it difficult for others to understand your true preferences and personality.

This article is from the book "Insight into People's Hearts from Habits: Learn to Read People and Solve All the Troubles of Interpersonal Relationships" published by Times