Your heart has recently broken after your dear one has suddenly left you . It's never easy and if some like to take refuge in food (hello Bridget Jones), others, in the majority, can no longer have an appetite . And this is a phenomenon that can be explained in particular by hormones released after your breakup. In fact, when you feel sick to your stomach, stress that you suffer in the process gives you sensations very often a loss of appetite (in addition to repeated crying, or the feeling of oppression, for example). No, it's not in your imagination. This is a real scientifically proven phenomenon. .
It is in the Netherlands that this loss of appetite has been proven. According to neurobiologist Gert ter Horst, our organism, after the rupture , would defend himself to recover, as best and as quickly as possible, from the sadness that you face. And it is our brain who sends this information. Joy, hunger, sadness or even pain . And hunger doesn't seem to be a priority when you're dealing with heartache . The body is therefore more focused on giving you back the energy you need to recover from this breakup . It is this calorie deficit that we will store during this period without appetite that will create this strong desire to put on a pot of Ben&Jerry's or a chocolate bar afterwards.
So if you're not hungry, don't worry. Like everything, the appetite will come back over time. And you can eat all the sweets you want without even having to feel guilty. You are sorry so anything that can do you a bit of good is obviously welcome. I promise, in a few months, at most, you will have moved on.
