Why do I keep eating when I don't want to?

Often when we keep eating when we do not want to there is an emotional state underlying it. This can be different for everyone and vary each time you do so ... common examples though include anxiety, sadness, apathy and boredom. Often it helps to identity the emotion you are feeling and act on ways to combat that without eating. It might also be that you are struggling with an eating disorder or attempting to diet (in extreme) in which case the reason might be simply that your bodies physiology makes it very hard to undereat and your eating is a simple reaction to your bodies basic requirements. It might also be that you find impulse control hard for a number of possible reasons. It is worth keeping a food journal to monitor your emotions and food intake and investigate over a few weeks or so how the two correlate for you personally.

it could be your subconscious trying to use food as a way to comfort you against a traumatic experience. or maybe it has to do with a chemical imbalance, period(if female), etc.

Sometimes, you get bored, correct? When you get bored, your mind wants to do something. Since your mind thinks of things you do often, it often wanders to eating. Since you need to eat in order to survive, your brain, out of its boredom, compels you to eat. Wheneverit doesthis, mostly it's a sugary, sweet, and unhealthy food. I hope I helped.

It may be that you are "eating" your emotions to rid yourself of them. It's easy to get lost in eating, to lose touch with the world around us, and this works to numb the pain we may feel, or even be unconscious of at the time. Is this your particular case? Maybe not - just something to think about the next time you prepare to have a meal. Ask yourself how you are feeling. When we are aware of how we feel, we are less likely to binge or for that matter, rely on other addictions to medicate our negative feelings. Again, this may not be your case, so I'd suggest seeing a physician and/or a therapist.

This usually entails a subconscious link between food and a stress or trigger that is causing you to reach for food as a means of coping. By narrowing down the situation and times you eat when you don't want to - you''ll be able to determine what stress/trigger is initiating the "eating when not hungry" response!

Sometimes we eat because we are bored or simply because it's a way to deal with your feelings and emotions.

This may be due to an emotional state, your body's hunger being triggered, or out of habit.

I keep eating when I do not want to to calm down my anxiety and stress levels and keep myself busy from thinking.

I know that when I overate it was because I was incredibly stressed out about a situation. Whether it was in my control or not I found myself eating to try and cope with what was happening.

you might be hungrier than you think you are - boredom - habit - stress eating - these are just a few reasons, but there are many others.