Healthy Mind Tag

Teenagers often carry a quiet weight. Two lives run in parallel: the version of themselves that the world sees, and then the one that surfaces when the lights are off and no one’s watching. When emotions swell and coping tools run thin, food can become more than just sustenance. It becomes a way to feel less. Not out of hunger, but from overwhelm. That’s binge eating. And it’s far more common than most people assume. At dinner, everything may look normal. Conversations happen, plates get cleared. But later, when the house quiets down, another kind of eating begins. It’s fast, it’s hidden, and it often ends in a haze of shame. The wrappers are tucked away. The guilt kicks in. A promise to “never do that again” follows, though it rarely holds. The most painful part? The loneliness. So what’s really going