Emotional eating is when you’re eating a lot of junk food, or other “Easy-To-Make” food as a follow up for you’re feelings. Following are the top 5 reasons:

1. Anger. If you are angry at your self or someone else you rather stuff yourself with food then dealing with the problem, because it is much easier that way.
   
2. Boredom. You got nothing to do, nothing to occupy yourself with, nowhere to leave. You feel a little bit lonely. But open the fridge and you got some tasty snacks or other food to eat.
3. Hopelessness. You feel like nothing good ever happens to you, or ever will happen. That nothing is going to change. This is also a classic sign of chronic depression.

4. Feeling Unappreciated. You have succeeded with something you have dreamed of for a long time, You accomplished something great on work, but no one is there to congratulate you. You eat as a reward for yourself.

5. Lack of Control. You feel you have no control at all, that everyone around you, and everything around you, rules what you do. But to eat, that is something no one can take control over except for you.
   If you fit any of these you wanna sit down with a pencil and paper, and brainstorm yourself on what you can do instead of eating, to deal with your feelings. Write your ideas down as little notes and put them up on the fridge, or other story rooms for your food.