Because eating feels safe.
In the process of human evolution, anxiety was mostly caused by lack of food, so when food sources are insufficient, women's instinct will prompt them to obtain enough calories and store enough food to survive the winter or tide over difficulties.
Under the influence of genetic factors, women will still eat especially when they are in a bad mood, because delicious food will make them feel more comfortable and satisfied.
In addition, they not only eat crazily when they are in a bad mood, but also eat non-stop when they are in a good mood.
This is what is called "foodie".
Everyone knows that only food and love can live up to it, and eating is also a substitute for love.
Many people eat too much after falling out of love, because through constant eating, women's repression of love and desire for intimate relationships can be relieved.
If women's need for love is not met, they will feel hungry and want to eat.
However, heavy eating only temporarily suppresses the need for love and is a paralysis of self-perception.
On the surface, they seem to be enjoying delicious food and feeling very happy, but in fact their stress and negative emotions have not been completely resolved, so they have to eat to relieve their discomfort.
Over time, something even sadder happens: gaining weight.
As a result, they are less happy and need to eat more.
Therefore, they get fatter and are in such a vicious cycle.
Scientists have found that excessive stress leads to increased cortisol secretion, and people with high cortisol secretion prefer to eat large amounts of carbohydrate foods high in fat and sugar content.
In other words, stress increases a person's appetite, requiring them to eat more high-calorie foods for energy.
However, eating a lot of high-calorie foods can cause weight gain, and fat can be deposited in the abdomen and turn into fat.
Women produce more cortisol than men under stress, so women are more likely to overeat when they are in a bad mood.
It is more obvious in young women.