Healthy Eating: Maintain Your Weight Despite Holiday Stress (Judith Beck). Talking yourself out of emotional eating using CBT.
“Negative emotions are uncomfortable but not dangerous. I don’t have to “fix” them. I’ve had lots of times when I’ve felt very upset, but I haven’t eaten. I’ve never exploded or lost control. The worst thing that will happen if I don’t eat is that my distress will peak and then the intensity of my emotions will go down. “