A person may feel that he or she is spending too much time wanting a certain thing. Or he or she may simply want a thing too much for his or her own good. If so, this person may want to eliminate cravings.
A craving is a forceful impulse or need that can come at strange times. They can also be aimed at strange things a person does not normally want. Or they can be directed at things that other people find unusual.
A craving can create problems in everyday life. It can come at bad times such as while asleep or while at work. It can appear at even more troubling times such as in the middle of a crisis or during a very stressful experience.
Cravings often happen during pregnancy. Expecting mothers frequently experience them. Often they are for strange things such as hot peppers, radishes, or vinegar. Often expecting mothers experience them in combinations, such as hot peppers with yogurt or burritos and waffles. The strange, unexpected needs of expecting mothers can sound strange, but they can also represent hidden nutritional needs. For instance, a craving for hot peppers can represent a need for nitrogen or even sodium. A suddenly acquired taste for yogurt can represent a need for calcium or sugar. These urges are usually temporary and often disappear when the hidden temporary nutritional need is met.
Some people experience desires that are unhealthy. For instance, a woman may start to spend too much time at a tanning salon because she craves the feelings that come from the ultraviolet radiation. Sunlight produces a release of hormones that she may crave. Or she may crave the effect that the UV rays have on her biological clock and her circadian rhythm. A man may crave alcohol because he is an alcoholic. He may try to drink alcohol at all social events because of stress or nervousness. A man may crave alcohol when he is alone because he is lonely or wishes to have feelings of escape. In either case, a person may wish to eliminate his or her urges if the cost of those urges begins to outweigh their benefits. If an urge produces health problems or starts to cost too much money, a man or woman may seek to eliminate those cravings.
Usually, a craving has a physical or a psychological cause. Physical causes include malnutrition, too much stress, even disease. Psychological causes include mental illness, depression, and other problems. Eliminating an undesired urge will vary according to whether the urge has its basis in a physical or psychological cause.
Physical cravings can be eliminated by addressing the physical causes. If a person has a poor diet, improving that diet can eliminate the urge or desire. If a person suffers from a disease or disorder, treating that disease or disorder can result in elimination of the urge or desire. If a person suffers from stress, eliminating the stress or at least managing it can result in the disappearance of the craving.
Cravings of the psychological sort can be handled by finding the psychological cause. If someone desires a certain food in order to feel comfort, finding other ways to get the same comfort can eliminate the craving. If an individual is suffering from depression and as result craves an unhealthy food or behavior, getting treatment for that depression by way of therapy or medicine can eliminate cravings.
A craving is a forceful impulse or need that can come at strange times. They can also be aimed at strange things a person does not normally want. Or they can be directed at things that other people find unusual.
A craving can create problems in everyday life. It can come at bad times such as while asleep or while at work. It can appear at even more troubling times such as in the middle of a crisis or during a very stressful experience.
Cravings often happen during pregnancy. Expecting mothers frequently experience them. Often they are for strange things such as hot peppers, radishes, or vinegar. Often expecting mothers experience them in combinations, such as hot peppers with yogurt or burritos and waffles. The strange, unexpected needs of expecting mothers can sound strange, but they can also represent hidden nutritional needs. For instance, a craving for hot peppers can represent a need for nitrogen or even sodium. A suddenly acquired taste for yogurt can represent a need for calcium or sugar. These urges are usually temporary and often disappear when the hidden temporary nutritional need is met.
Some people experience desires that are unhealthy. For instance, a woman may start to spend too much time at a tanning salon because she craves the feelings that come from the ultraviolet radiation. Sunlight produces a release of hormones that she may crave. Or she may crave the effect that the UV rays have on her biological clock and her circadian rhythm. A man may crave alcohol because he is an alcoholic. He may try to drink alcohol at all social events because of stress or nervousness. A man may crave alcohol when he is alone because he is lonely or wishes to have feelings of escape. In either case, a person may wish to eliminate his or her urges if the cost of those urges begins to outweigh their benefits. If an urge produces health problems or starts to cost too much money, a man or woman may seek to eliminate those cravings.
Usually, a craving has a physical or a psychological cause. Physical causes include malnutrition, too much stress, even disease. Psychological causes include mental illness, depression, and other problems. Eliminating an undesired urge will vary according to whether the urge has its basis in a physical or psychological cause.
Physical cravings can be eliminated by addressing the physical causes. If a person has a poor diet, improving that diet can eliminate the urge or desire. If a person suffers from a disease or disorder, treating that disease or disorder can result in elimination of the urge or desire. If a person suffers from stress, eliminating the stress or at least managing it can result in the disappearance of the craving.
Cravings of the psychological sort can be handled by finding the psychological cause. If someone desires a certain food in order to feel comfort, finding other ways to get the same comfort can eliminate the craving. If an individual is suffering from depression and as result craves an unhealthy food or behavior, getting treatment for that depression by way of therapy or medicine can eliminate cravings.
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