Blogs About 'Binge Eating'
The Link Between Restricting Food and Binge Eating
Binge eating causes great pain and suffering, the struggle is secretive because there is so much shame attached to bingeing. Many people don’t talk about it and believe they’re alone in their struggle. There are many possible causes for binge eating: restrictive eating, trauma, emotions and habit. Those who struggle with bingeing think that the only cause is their lack of willpower and control. Or a belief that they are greedy. It’s not due to a lack of willpower, bingeing is a result of...
How to Break Free From Binge Eating
“I’m at rock bottom again and I feel helpless and hopeless.” I saw that somebody had written this on a Facebook page just a few days ago. It’s a feeling many of us who struggle with binge eating know all too well. The overwhelming shame, guilt, and physical discomfort that come with bingeing can make us feel like we’re stuck in a never-ending cycle of self-destructive behaviour. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Binge eating is a complex issue that affects millions of people all...
So You Binged, What Now?
You’ve binged. Again. You’re feeling distressed, bloated and beating yourself up.
Negative thoughts are flooding your mind. You’re planning how to make up for this and you’re promising yourself this is the last time; you will never do this again. I remember this scene so well. I believed that if I made myself feel bad enough, I would be able to stop binge eating. As I worked with my eating challenges, I learned some very valuable tools to recover from a binge. Learning how to bounce back...
How Emotions Lead to Binge Eating
Difficult emotions hurt. Nobody likes to feel hurt. We will all experience pain at some point in our lives. Our natural human reaction is to avoid pain. As humans, we will try to do what we can to avoid pain. Every one of us will experience loss, rejection, failure and anger. There is a Buddhist saying that “Pain is inevitable”. Most of us have been taught to deny our feelings and “get on with it” or to distract ourselves from our feelings. Our culture emphasises feeling “positive” all...
Binge Eating: 5 Reasons We Binge & What To Do About It
I used to feel such debilitating shame and guilt every time I binged. I believed that I had zero willpower. I believed that I was weak and that I had no control. I also believed that all I needed to do, to sort myself out was to exercise more discipline. After a binge-eating episode, I would punish and starve myself to make up for it. The running commentary in my head was “You’re hopeless, why can’t you just stick to this eating plan – how hard can it be!” I felt so deprived most...
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