Compulisive Eating & Binge Eating

Binge Eating Disorder (BED)

Like bulimia, binge eating disorder has only recently been recognized as a distinct condition, it was first acknowledged as a disorder in its own right in 1992. BED shares some of the characteristics of bulimia but the essential difference is that you binge uncontrollably but do not purge. It is believed that many more people suffer from binge eating disorder than either anorexia or bulimia nervosa. Because of the amount of food eaten, many people with BED become obese; this can lead to problems with blood pressure, heart disease and a general lack of fitness. The treatment for BED is in some ways similar to that for bulimia.

Signs of binge eating:

Eating much more rapidly than usualEating until feeling uncomfortably fullEating large amounts of food when not physically hungryEating alone because of embarrassment at the quantities of food consumedFeeling out of control around foodFeeling very self conscious eating in front of othersFeeling ashamed, depressed or guilty after bingeingBeing unable to purge yourself or compensate for the food eaten

To treat, this is very straight forward although can take a little time. The main job for me to do is to identify the serious of feelings and events that lead up to the binge and put an interrupt in that pattern and divert the behaviour in another more positive direction.

One client who had a binge eating disorder now, when he gets that same feeling which would have sent him to find any comfort food available, walks past the fridge in the kitchen to the cupboard beside it and gets out a pack of cards and plays cards with his partner. Someone else now cleans thier car instead driving to a fast food outlet they would drive to in secret.

Its simple to treat, but breaking down the actual step by step strategy can take a little time.

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Compulsive Overeating

Compulsive Overeating is a variation on binge eating when you will eat at times when you are not hungry. This may happen all the time or it may come and go in cycles. Most people who are compulsive eaters are overweight, and may use their weight or appearance as a shield they can hide behind to avoid social interaction, others hide behind a happy or jolly façade to avoid confronting their problems. Sufferers often have great shame at being unable to control the compulsion to eat. Compulsive overeating is a serious condition and needs professional support to ensure long term recovery.

This normally will be a mix of quite severe low self esteem and confidense along with a strategy or pattern of behaviour that makes them feel better whenthey get quite low or unhappy/stressed. Again, it is a matter of finding a pattern interrupt but also working on the self esteem issues and assisting that person in really gaining confidense in themselves and who they are - plus where they want to be.

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