URGE SURFING STRATEGY

One of the things that clients might try out in therapy, especially if they are experiencing binge eating, emotional eating, exercise compulsions or compulsions related to body image is Urge Surfing.

Urge surfing can be used for many things including distress intolerance; self-harm; addictions and binge-eating, emotional eating, exercise compulsions, compulsions related to body image , cravings and over-eating.

Often, when a craving or urge or compulsion for food/to eat/to check/to exercise hits us, we think we only have 2 options available to us:

1. We give into the urge/craving/compulsions and/or;

2. We resist.

Meditation and mindfulness opens the door to a third option called 'urge surfing'.

See the poster below for some brief 'facts' on 'urge surfing'.

Why not try this for yourself and see if it's something th at might help alleviate the distress of cravings and urges, even a little. It can help you claw control back too, rather than food, eating, exercise and/or body image thoughts, feelings and behaviours controlling you.

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