Overeating and Maslow's level of demand

In addition to the physical drive of food, water, shelter and security, what motivates us to act?

According to humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow, our actions are to meet certain needs. His grades indicate that people have the motivation to meet basic needs before moving on to other more advanced needs.

His hierarchy of needs is usually shown as a pyramid, and the lowest or basic level of the pyramid is our most basic human needs. Our more complex needs are at the top of the pyramid.

In short, this means that we must first meet our basic needs before we continue to meet more complex needs. from

 For example, if you are starving, it is difficult to focus on self-esteem.

As we meet the basic needs, we move the pyramid up. Our needs have become more psychological and social than physical. Soon, our need for love, friendship and intimacy is important to our overall well-being and health. Later, our need for personal self-esteem and our ability to achieve goals became important.

Maslow puts self-realization at the top, which is the highest "need" of mankind. It needs to grow and develop into a person to reach its full potential.

In fact, if you find yourself tired of the rhythm of everyday life and longing for something "deeper" or "greater" in life, then you will experience the need for self-realization.

Abraham Maslow believes that material, safety, social and respectful needs are a lack of demand [also known as D demand], which means that these needs are due to deprivation.

The highest level of the pyramid is considered to be growth demand [also known as demand or B demand]. Growth demand is not due to the lack of something, but to the desire to develop as a person.

It is said that lack or basic needs motivate people when they are not satisfied. In addition, the longer you are rejected, the stronger your needs will be. For example, the longer a person has no food, the more hungry they are.

Originally, the model was introduced in 1943 and then revised in 1954. Later extended to the cognitive, aesthetic and transcendence needs of the 1970s.

This is Maslow's model because it meets all needs:

1. Biological and physiological needs - air, food, drinks, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc.
2. Security requirements - protection elements, security, order, law, stability, etc.
3. Social needs - a sense of belonging and love, - work groups, family, feelings, relationships, etc.
4. Respect for needs - self-esteem, achievement, mastery, independence, status, dominance, prestige, management responsibility, etc.
5. Cognitive needs - knowledge, meaning, etc.
6. Aesthetic needs - Appreciate and seek beauty, balance, form, etc.
7. Self-fulfilling needs - Achieve personal potential, self-realization, and seek personal growth and peak experience.
8. Beyond the Needs - Help others achieve self-realization.
Now, what does this have to do with diet?

Maslow's model points to the need to drive our behavior... and because overeating or overeating is usually not due to physical hunger, this behavior is driven by other needs.

Overeating is usually driven by a generally unobtrusive motivation. This is often the result of a habit or reaction to an emotion or situation: stress, anxiety, boredom, loneliness, guilt, shame, anger... you understand.

If it becomes a habitual reaction, there may be no obvious connection with emotions or circumstances. It may be what you are used to doing.

If you find yourself being overeating and being disgusted by "weakness" or "uncontrollable" food... please look back at the eight human needs above. Is there a need for you not fully realized?

Maybe you feel stagnant. Or just like your life is driving autonomously. Maybe you lack beauty and balance. Maybe this relationship is not what you want.

Take action

Over the next eight days, focus on one of the eight requirements listed in the Maslow hierarchy. Plan and do something that will make you feel most satisfied on that day. Nourish yourself at this level.

When you consciously strive to meet your needs on multiple levels, please pay attention to your eating behavior. Are you hungry than before? Would you be encouraged to try new things? Don't you think of your usual desire?

I'm curious. For myself, after mending this, I realized that this is usually a social, self-respecting or self-fulfilling need that makes me feel restless or unrealizable. When I feel that it is not realized... it is easy to fill the food without considering it.

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