Get Free from Compulsive Overeating Disorder
Binging on Large Amounts of Food can be Recovered From
Apr 24, 2006
Compulsive Overeating is characterized as patterns of uncontrollable binging that can lead to morbid obesity.
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.
Compulsive Eating Disorder
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 that sometimes develops into morbid obesity.
But 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 below.
Compulsive Overeating Symptoms
- secretive eating
- social avoidance
- feeling "addicted" to food
- feeling "out of control"
- chronic dieting
- belief that food is their only friend
- frequently out of breath after light activities
- excess sweating
- high blood pressure and/or cholesterol
- leg and joint pain
- mood swings, depression, fatigue
- loss of sexual desire or promiscuous relations
- insomnia or poor sleeping habits
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