indigo1015,

Marissa Peer makes some interesting points about nighttime eating and the compulsive urge to binge in the late evening, linking it to humans' survival instinct — "It's been too long without food, please feed us, we're going to starve!".

So in essence, we should aim to reassure ourselves, in the most understanding, caring, and rational of ways, to calm down and know that the food we've got isn't going to spoil until tomorrow and that we're going to find it tomorrow in the pantry or in our fridges.