Eliminate Cravings For A Happier Life

By Frances Keith


Imagine if too much of one's life is taken up by wanting or even dreaming about a certain thing. Or if one craves a thing too much for one's own good. When this happens someone will likely want to eliminate cravings.

A craving is a powerful urge or need that comes at odd times. They can be for odd things that someone does not normally want. Or they can be for things that other people do not normally want.

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.

Pregnancy is well-known to involve the appearance of cravings. Expecting mothers often report having them. They can be for highly undesirable things like horseradish, mustard seeds, and hot sauce. Women who are pregnant also report that they can come in combinations such as horseradish with ice cream, or hot sauce and pancakes. These irregular, unpredictable urges can, however, point to a nutritional need. For example, a craving for ice cream can imply a shortage of calcium. Likewise, a new-found taste for horseradish might mean the body is in need of sodium. Such tastes are usually temporary and disappear when the nutritional deficit is made back up.

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.

A craving can be based on circumstances either physical or psychological. Physical issues can involve sickness, stress, or nutrition. Psychological issues can come out of anxiety, depression, and other problems. Eliminating a harmful craving will depend on whether the craving in question is rooted in psychological or physical circumstances.

A physical craving can be managed by handling its physical cause. If someone eats a deficient diet, repairing that diet can manage the unwanted urge or desire. When someone suffers from a disease or disorder, then treating that disease or disorder can produce an easing of symptoms when it comes to the unwanted urge. If a person suffers from stress, reducing the stress can surprisingly result in the removal of the urge.

Psychological cravings can be addressed by identifying the psychological causes. If someone craves food in order to obtain comfort, discovering other ways to obtain comfort can eliminate the craving. If a person is depressed and is craving a food or an activity, receiving treatment for the depression either in the form of counseling or medication can eliminate cravings.




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