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The urge is stronger than any other: you must eat. But with each mouthful, the desire to stuff yourself with more food becomes stronger.
Compulsive Overeating is characterized as patterns of uncontrollable binge eating. The craving for excessive amounts of food is unbearable and the individual is seized by the need to keep consuming. Until they have finished off the carton of ice cream, bag of cookies and box of donuts and cannot physically eat anymore, is the satisfaction satiated. Food is used to deal with emotions that the person does not or cannot deal with, filling themselves with food to numb the pain. Often the individual feels overwhelmed, anxious, stressed out and has low self-esteem, similar to both Anorexia and Bulimia. Compulsive Overeating is frequently triggered by chronic dieting and yo-yo dieting. Following a binge, the person usually makes new diet rules and vows to never overeat again. This cycle perpetuates feelings of low self worth and inadequacy. Not all people who compulsively overeat are obese. Most do gain weight, but others remain at a relatively average size. Some behaviours and characteristics of people who compulsively overeat are:
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The copyright of the article Compulsive Overeating in Compulsive/Binge Eating is owned by Lori Henry. Permission to republish Compulsive Overeating in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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