Does Depression Make You Crave Spicy Food?

100% but I think its just because I grew up with it, not related to depression lol. Only of my only points of confidence is how I can handle super spice stuff haha

Oh yeah I love spicy food. I crave it when I'm down. Probably because it causes a spike in serotonin levels.

same here. i theorize that, for me, it could be about the pain factor?? i eat a lot of spicy food that i cant handle but i still love the taste lol

For me, food I normally like often tastes way more bland when my depression gets bad. Adding a lot of spices to it helps it taste more interesting and less dull, so maybe that's part of it?

I mean I crave it because it takes the attention away from my emotional pain that I cannot stop

capsaicin has been found to stimulate dopamine release in the brain! i found that when i noticed it myself & wondered if it was physiological lol

No I don't like hot things on my tongue.

I wouldn’t say I really *really* like it, but I enjoy eating spicy foods!

i dont like spicy food, is that like a symptom of depression or a symptom of being white

I like spicy food! My favorite is using chili garlic paste when I make soba noodles

I freaking LOVE spicy food. I mean, I’m Hispanic. But interesting

Yes, my guess is that we get a dopamine hit from it.

Loveee spicy foods!

I honestly have never noticed it until you said it. But yes I do get random cravings for spicy foods while I’m in a depression state

yeah! i always love spicy food. i got the tip from a therapist once to eat something really spicy when i felt like self harming since the pain could sometimes be enough to distract myself

i am not a fan of super spicy food and thought it was weird/interesting that some people crave spicy food during a depressive episode and i literally had severe anxiety earlier today and was craving chips and salsa soooo maybe?? but correlation doesn’t mean causation; that’d be an interesting research study

I mean I’m Hispanic so I always crave spicy food since that’s really just my family’s home cooking. I always thought I craved it because I lacked the energy to cook while in my depressed episodes. I keep a jar of my mums jalapeños in the fridge so when I lack the energy to cook, I can just snack on them

Yeah but I think correlation doesn’t equal causation lolol

bruh all i do is eat spicy food... hmm lmao🤔🤔

spicy food triggers pain receptors on the tongue so its a sensation we can have without actually doing sh and it feeds us so win-win

i don’t but that might just be because i’m super white lollll

I love spicy food with a burning passion.