Dear all, today I am talking to you about a topic that is dear to many of you, and in particular to those of you who would like to lose weight, but find yourself having to manage a nervous hunger that seems uncontrollable. At that point, some of you will talk to someone, get information on the net or on Facebook pages, getting answers like: “it’s all a matter of self-control”. Self-control that you feel you don’t have, otherwise you wouldn’t have the root problem.

Well, I’ll explain why learning to control nervous hunger is only one of the possible options , but not the only strategy against nervous hunger: because controlling hunger works for three out of ten people, while the failure of self-control makes you feel like monsters. the remaining seven. People ask themselves why they are not normal, when in reality their hunger is a symptom, and as such it should be treated.
In short, I will explain to you, giving you some data, why telling someone who suffers from nervous hunger that he just has to learn to control himself more is a crazy bounce and not only, it is the antechamber of failure, and will even make things worse in some cases.

First, scholars distinguish self-control from willpower : for example, one can have willpower, but lack self-control. Speaking of nervous hunger, one may be motivated to fight it, but unable to manage it with control.
So let’s debunk the first myth: it’s not true that if you want, you can. Of course, if you want, you have to treat the symptom, but you may not be able to control it simply by wanting it. To understand this, let’s make the case that you have the flu. Does it make sense to worry about pain all over your body if you don’t cure the flu? Sore throat?