Mental Junk Food: The Real Reason You’re Tired, Craving Sugar, and Snapping at Everyone

You know that feeling when you're lying in exhausted—but your brain is still chewing on something annoying someone said online?

Or you catch yourself stress-eating chips while doomscrolling through headlines about everything falling apart in the world?

That’s what I call mental junk food. It’s not food, of course—but it does the same thing: delivers a quick emotional hit, followed by a slow leak in your energy, mood, and motivation.

And just like physical junk food, the more you consume it, the more you crave it. It becomes normal. Automatic. Unquestioned.

But what if it's quietly wrecking your sleep, your self-control, and your sanity?

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