hey chocolate lovers out there. Not sure if this research is well-validated. But here's what the studies show:

"Chocolate craving when depressed

A study by the Black Dog Institute, published in the October 2007 issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, has found a link between chocolate craving and personality.

It found that people who rate highly on personality styles of irritability, rejection sensitivity, anxious worrying, self-criticism and self-focus crave chocolate and use it to sooth their anxiety.

The researchers found that for people who engage in ‘comfort eating’ or ‘emotional eating’, eating chocolate has no real or lasting psychological benefit and can lead to mood worsening. Others crave chocolate when in a ‘dysphoric’ (anxious, stressed, depressed) state and say it helps their mood.

The Black Dog Institute is an approved HealthInsite information partner and has a media release and a fact sheet with more information about the study and about the association between personality, chocolate craving and its effects on mood.
HealthInsite has major topic areas on depression and mental illnesses.

Created October 5 2007"

hehe.. better don't depend on chocolate for that kind of euphoric effect :P

g r a c e
8:31 PM