Meaning of eat one's feelings | Babel Free

Definitions

To turn to comfort food in order to deal with one's emotional problems.

idiomatic

Examples

“The way I eat my feelings now is much different from how I ate my feelings when I was growing up. I used to use “bad food” as a reward system. If I went to the gym, I deserved a pizza, […]”

“When I got home, I knew I needed to eat so I could sober up, but that led to a massive binge as I ate my feelings. Potato chips, cookies, ice cream — everything I could find in our cabinet or fridge, I ate.”

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