When you're sad you can either become and emotional eater or an emotional lifter. The latter is so much better.

The post discusses two contrasting responses to sadness: emotional eating (using food as a coping mechanism) versus emotional lifting (likely referring to exercise or physical activity as a healthier emotional outlet). Dylan Patel argues that emotional lifting is a superior coping strategy to emotional eating for managing sad feelings.

Source: Dylan Patel (X) | 2026-05-07