Could you please give a couple of examples of what listening to your body looks like? I’m trying to understand myself better, I’ve existed as this body for 40+years and still don’t understand it. I was 30 before I realized hunger and thirst feel the same for me. Halp
I don’t know if it’ll help you, but I’ve noticed that my cravings for “sweet” are usually a sign of thirst. I don’t eat a lot of candy, so my go-to sweets are usually fruits. Fruits are hydrating, so it makes sense that the sensations got crossed somewhere in my nervous system. Now I sometimes drink water when I think I want something sweet and it works. (For me, at least. YMMV)
I figure this is a low blood-sugar thing. I didn’t used to get tired when I was hungry, but being my 30s has meant a lot of changes around how my body reacts to hunger, including getting tired. Then if I go too long without eating, I end up in physical pain. Long gone are the days where I could skip breakfast, skip lunch, and survive just fine until after my school/work day.
How do you know when you’re feeling hungry or thirsty? One option is just going about your day, busy busy, and all of a sudden you notice an intense sensation coming from your stomach. Right? Another option is when you are feeling anxious or angry or any other emotion, you use that as a cue to send a transmission to your stomach asking a question. Imagine you can somehow encode a signal that contains the data packet: “status?” and visualize it traveling down whatever pathway it wants from your brain to your stomach. Report back here the data that gets sent back.
Could you please give a couple of examples of what listening to your body looks like? I’m trying to understand myself better, I’ve existed as this body for 40+years and still don’t understand it. I was 30 before I realized hunger and thirst feel the same for me. Halp
I relate. The amount of times I’ve said “am I hungry or thirsty?… hmm, don’t know.” And then done nothing about either one.
I don’t know if it’ll help you, but I’ve noticed that my cravings for “sweet” are usually a sign of thirst. I don’t eat a lot of candy, so my go-to sweets are usually fruits. Fruits are hydrating, so it makes sense that the sensations got crossed somewhere in my nervous system. Now I sometimes drink water when I think I want something sweet and it works. (For me, at least. YMMV)
Hunger thirst and tiredness can all feel the same. “I WANT SUMFING!” (I don’t understand my cat when she says this either)
I figure this is a low blood-sugar thing. I didn’t used to get tired when I was hungry, but being my 30s has meant a lot of changes around how my body reacts to hunger, including getting tired. Then if I go too long without eating, I end up in physical pain. Long gone are the days where I could skip breakfast, skip lunch, and survive just fine until after my school/work day.
Sigh.
How do you know when you’re feeling hungry or thirsty? One option is just going about your day, busy busy, and all of a sudden you notice an intense sensation coming from your stomach. Right? Another option is when you are feeling anxious or angry or any other emotion, you use that as a cue to send a transmission to your stomach asking a question. Imagine you can somehow encode a signal that contains the data packet: “status?” and visualize it traveling down whatever pathway it wants from your brain to your stomach. Report back here the data that gets sent back.
Mindfulness