Tweet by Dr. Emily Anhalt infant bonding w food

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Dr. Emily Anhalt
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Someone asked me why I think we use food to manage our emotions.

Because, I said, for our first years of life, food and love are one and the same. You are hungry, your greatest source of love shows up, you stop being hungry.

I don’t know that we ever fully decouple the two.

7/25/22, 11:07 AM

Joseph Thornton

Published by Joseph Thornton MD

Teacher, Clinical Supervisor Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry University of Florida Affiliation is for identification only. All content and opinions are my own.

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