Treatment for binge eating is available for persons who struggle with food addiction disorder issue. Eating beyond normalcy may be a part of bulimia nervosa's hold on an individual, or it may be connected to some who have a chronic overeating disorder. In both cases, the problem is much more involved than just taking a gallon of ice cream home and downing it in fifteen minutes. It is a deep, emotionally rooted issue that goes far beyond a person not having will power or just pigging out. There are plenty of people with normal weight that do "pig out" from time to time, perhaps at Thanksgiving or at a football party or some informal occasion where everything just tastes so good. But those who offer treatment for binge eating know that it is often secretive, where selective comfort food is hidden for certain times when stress or worry or anger or depression overwhelms a person and the only safe harbor for them is food. Often the food is hidden because of shame, knowing that its existence would evoke a sharp negative rebuke from other family members for friends.
Treatment for binge eating alone usually is found at obesity treatment centers. While binge eating disorder (BED) is found among 1-2% of the entire population, it is higher among those who are found to be obese. Obesity is defined as someone who has a body mass index of more than thirty. regular overeating has a number of symptoms such as consuming when already full, inhaling food, often eating alone, hoarding food and hiding empty food containers. Often after binging, a person will eat normal meals and even try to diet, but the cycle returns quickly. But although more obese people binge than the regular population, binge eating isn't usually the modus operandi of the obese person.
Binge food consumption is certainly a part of the bulimic's food addiction. Bulimia has been thought to be just the food addiction defined by white, young, upper-class females but it has become a disorder among many ethnicities as well as an addiction that can affect those who are older. Bulimics may often eat very little food at mealtime, but may hide food in places around the house for binges later in the day. Bulimia is characterized by eating and then purging through vomiting, laxatives, ipecac and other aids. And the treatment for binge eating that has been successful for bulimia treatment is being used for those who have a food addiction characterized by non-bulimic binge food consumption.
Binge eating is often set off by deep emotional issues that are often dealt with normally by healthy persons, but food addicts see certain foods, usually with high fat content as the one comfort they can experience, even when no one else is around. The staffs of food addiction treatment centers must be prepared to deal with the causes of anger, stress, depression and low self esteem. Seemingly small everyday circumstances can often set off emotionally fragile individuals, and while going out and running off stress or going home and mowing the lawn to walk off anger is often a normal response to daily entanglements; the binge eater will go for a whole pizza and a gallon of Rocky Road. The food will often be seemingly inhaled without thought of about real taste or enjoyment and then followed by incredibly massive doses of guilt for the behavior. Treatment for binge eating must include counselors who are trained in psycho and cognitive therapy.
Food addiction treatment centers use cognitive therapy as one of the primary intervention techniques for the treatment of binge eating. Cognitive therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which the therapist and client work together to solve the patient's problems. The therapy is based on helping the patient identify negative and possibly distorted ways of thinking. Additionally the intervention is designed to aid the patient in evaluating addictive responses to their emotions. Cognitive therapy usually has a limited number of sessions, often sixteen. Once through the sessions, which may be one on one with the therapist or in group session or both, the client is better able to change distorted thinking and look for positive ways to deal with their emotions.
Centers that deal with binging eaters often turn to the use of anti-depressive drugs as one of the treatment options. Anti depressants are often prescribed for binging eaters because they raise the serotonin levels in the brain, raising the mood of the patient and helping him or her know when hunger is real or not. But it's not only the depression that must be addressed; in most cases, treatment for binge eating also deals with the speed with which many of these afflicted individuals actually consume their food. Bingers eat so fast at times and with such disdain for the amount of food being consumed that a shovel might sometimes be considered as the perfect eating utensil. In many cases, treatment for binge eating must include instruction on how to slow down and actually taste and enjoy the various flavors and textures of food that have been missed in the past.
Many binging eaters will probably never have an ideal body weight. Being happy with oneself and accepting who one is can be a real important key to ending this addictive behavior and something that treatment for binge eating must stress. Life is too short to spend it in doing things that make a person feel shameful and guilt ridden. Seek out professional help for the behavior and know that God is there to offer a life changing relationship. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new." (II Corinthians 5:17)
Treatment for binge eating alone usually is found at obesity treatment centers. While binge eating disorder (BED) is found among 1-2% of the entire population, it is higher among those who are found to be obese. Obesity is defined as someone who has a body mass index of more than thirty. regular overeating has a number of symptoms such as consuming when already full, inhaling food, often eating alone, hoarding food and hiding empty food containers. Often after binging, a person will eat normal meals and even try to diet, but the cycle returns quickly. But although more obese people binge than the regular population, binge eating isn't usually the modus operandi of the obese person.
Binge food consumption is certainly a part of the bulimic's food addiction. Bulimia has been thought to be just the food addiction defined by white, young, upper-class females but it has become a disorder among many ethnicities as well as an addiction that can affect those who are older. Bulimics may often eat very little food at mealtime, but may hide food in places around the house for binges later in the day. Bulimia is characterized by eating and then purging through vomiting, laxatives, ipecac and other aids. And the treatment for binge eating that has been successful for bulimia treatment is being used for those who have a food addiction characterized by non-bulimic binge food consumption.
Binge eating is often set off by deep emotional issues that are often dealt with normally by healthy persons, but food addicts see certain foods, usually with high fat content as the one comfort they can experience, even when no one else is around. The staffs of food addiction treatment centers must be prepared to deal with the causes of anger, stress, depression and low self esteem. Seemingly small everyday circumstances can often set off emotionally fragile individuals, and while going out and running off stress or going home and mowing the lawn to walk off anger is often a normal response to daily entanglements; the binge eater will go for a whole pizza and a gallon of Rocky Road. The food will often be seemingly inhaled without thought of about real taste or enjoyment and then followed by incredibly massive doses of guilt for the behavior. Treatment for binge eating must include counselors who are trained in psycho and cognitive therapy.
Food addiction treatment centers use cognitive therapy as one of the primary intervention techniques for the treatment of binge eating. Cognitive therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which the therapist and client work together to solve the patient's problems. The therapy is based on helping the patient identify negative and possibly distorted ways of thinking. Additionally the intervention is designed to aid the patient in evaluating addictive responses to their emotions. Cognitive therapy usually has a limited number of sessions, often sixteen. Once through the sessions, which may be one on one with the therapist or in group session or both, the client is better able to change distorted thinking and look for positive ways to deal with their emotions.
Centers that deal with binging eaters often turn to the use of anti-depressive drugs as one of the treatment options. Anti depressants are often prescribed for binging eaters because they raise the serotonin levels in the brain, raising the mood of the patient and helping him or her know when hunger is real or not. But it's not only the depression that must be addressed; in most cases, treatment for binge eating also deals with the speed with which many of these afflicted individuals actually consume their food. Bingers eat so fast at times and with such disdain for the amount of food being consumed that a shovel might sometimes be considered as the perfect eating utensil. In many cases, treatment for binge eating must include instruction on how to slow down and actually taste and enjoy the various flavors and textures of food that have been missed in the past.
Many binging eaters will probably never have an ideal body weight. Being happy with oneself and accepting who one is can be a real important key to ending this addictive behavior and something that treatment for binge eating must stress. Life is too short to spend it in doing things that make a person feel shameful and guilt ridden. Seek out professional help for the behavior and know that God is there to offer a life changing relationship. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new." (II Corinthians 5:17)
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