What does "Eat one's feelings" mean?

eat to cope with emotional stress

"Eat one's feelings" in a sentence

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For I have become the girl that eats her feelings, don't mistake it.

How I Met Your Mother S9E11

invited me to Panda Express so we could eat our feelings.

Modern Family S11E11

You got your freshmen, ROTC guys, preps, JV jocks, Asian nerds, cool Asians, varsity jocks, unfriendly black hotties, girls who eat their feelings, girls who don't eat anything, desperate wannabes, burnouts, sexually active band geeks, the greatest people you will ever meet and the worst.

Mean Girls

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