A successful compulsive eating treatment deals with the underlying causes of food disorders. Individuals who suffer from compulsive eating habits feel an irresistible and irrational urge to eat uncontrollably, even when not hungry. Individuals lose control and begin to hide food, devour meals in private, and may gain weight for no apparent reason. Compulsive eaters tend to be obese and are driven by anxiety, fear, loneliness, stress, or depression. However, the emotional triggers which drive irrational dietary habits are often exacerbated by obsessive eating. People who respond obsessively to emotional triggers with irrational gorging can be cured via holistic compulsive eating treatment from qualified professionals.
Food disorders primarily affect teens from 12 to 17 and adult females 18 and up. Almost every female undergoes emotional situations which call for gorging on an occasional pizza or crying over an occasional carton of rocky road ice cream. But indulging in and obsessing over food on a continuous basis is an indication of mental and emotional illness. A destructive behavior often practiced by adolescents, binging is the compulsive consumption of large quantities of food. Compulsive eating treatment may indicate that bulimics begin by binging, devouring huge amounts of food and vomiting it up before calories can turn into fat. Other adolescents and young females that suffer from anorexia nervosa, cope with emotional triggers by starving and depriving themselves of food for days, a kind of self-inflicted punishment. "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any" (I Corinthians 6:12).
Teenaged girls undergoing compulsive eating treatment may have become victims due to a distorted body image. Bulimics often view themselves as overweight, compared to pencil thin runway models or waif-like actresses. In order to measure up to the impossible standards set by the movie and fashion industries, young women may engage in self-destructive cycles of binging and purging, out of guilt, self-hatred, and what is perceived as a necessary practice in order to maintain a svelte size 2 or 3. Parents, friends, and relatives may not even become aware of the food disorder until teens become frightfully thin, increasingly reclusive, or chronically ill from malnutrition and malaise. By the time parents are aware of children's disorders, adolescents may be on the verge of death or suicide, striving to cope with the shame and guilt of the secret sin of bulimia.
The moment parents discover food disorders, children should be taken to a doctor or hospital emergency room. An initial compulsive eating treatment may involve assessing the teen's overall physical condition, including symptoms of malnutrition. Protruding bones, abnormally low body weight, the absence of muscle and fat, a ghostly complexion, loss of appetite, ruptured or reddened esophagus, pernicious anemia or absence of a menstrual cycle, and hair loss are all tale tell signs of bulimia or anorexia. Doctors may prescribe intravenous fluids to immediately replace vital nutrients and nourish cells. Starvation diets must be treated quickly in order to prevent vital organs from failing. Teens may also undergo psychological evaluations to determine the underlying cause of self-destructive behavior. Environmental triggers, such as the recent divorce of parents, moving to a new town or school, the death of a boyfriend or close family member, or sexual abuse could contribute to abnormal dietary patterns.
Patients may need prolonged psychological care, combined with group therapy and in-patient care for weeks until adolescents regain weight and a favorable body image. An effective compulsive eating treatment may include closely planning and monitoring patient meals to ensure the consumption of healthy foods in proper quantities at specific times during the day. Other treatments may include stress management, biofeedback and behavioral therapy to reprogram an obsessive eater's mind to view food as a necessary aid to good health and to accept personal body types as normal. Patients may respond to therapies in different ways. Some adolescents may be so absorbed with the compulsion to be thin that even when they look into a mirror, the skeletal semblance which stares back is mentally seen as overweight! To a person suffering from bulimia or anorexia, any amount of body fat is unacceptable and grossly out of proportion.
As part of a successful compulsive eating treatment, nutritionists, psychologists, and therapists may suggest that parents give adolescent patients time to recover mentally, emotionally and physically from a debilitating food disorder. While parents may want to see immediate results, doctors usually recommend gradual yet positive reinforcement, a generous dose of acceptance and a healthy portion of patience to aid in the teen's recovery. As therapists uncover the emotional or environmental triggers that compel patients to eat compulsively, parents may be helpful in alleviating social pressures by making some lifestyle changes. Both parents may need to consult with doctors and try to provide young patients a more stable environment which fosters nurturing and feelings of security. Decisions to move away from familiar surroundings may have to be curtailed as teens heal from emotional or environmental trauma.
Gradually, as the compulsive eating treatment begins to help alleviate the urge to engage in overeating, starvation, or bulimia, patients can experience normalcy, self-acceptance, a more positive body image, and a more optimistic outlook on life. Therapists may encourage replacing obsessive dietary habits with physical activity to provide mental and emotional stimuli. Painting, drawing, or journaling may help individuals suffering from food disorders cope with emotional triggers and refocus attention on something other than the physical body. Holistic treatments may also include helping adolescents develop a strong faith in God, as patients gradually learn how to seek the power that is far more powerful than any problem faced alone. Teens and young adult females can become spiritually renewed and find the source of light and life in what seems to be a dark world. With continuous medical, spiritual, and emotional intervention, patients who suffer from self-destructive habits can recover completely and begin to enjoy what can become the best years of a young adult's life.
Food disorders primarily affect teens from 12 to 17 and adult females 18 and up. Almost every female undergoes emotional situations which call for gorging on an occasional pizza or crying over an occasional carton of rocky road ice cream. But indulging in and obsessing over food on a continuous basis is an indication of mental and emotional illness. A destructive behavior often practiced by adolescents, binging is the compulsive consumption of large quantities of food. Compulsive eating treatment may indicate that bulimics begin by binging, devouring huge amounts of food and vomiting it up before calories can turn into fat. Other adolescents and young females that suffer from anorexia nervosa, cope with emotional triggers by starving and depriving themselves of food for days, a kind of self-inflicted punishment. "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any" (I Corinthians 6:12).
Teenaged girls undergoing compulsive eating treatment may have become victims due to a distorted body image. Bulimics often view themselves as overweight, compared to pencil thin runway models or waif-like actresses. In order to measure up to the impossible standards set by the movie and fashion industries, young women may engage in self-destructive cycles of binging and purging, out of guilt, self-hatred, and what is perceived as a necessary practice in order to maintain a svelte size 2 or 3. Parents, friends, and relatives may not even become aware of the food disorder until teens become frightfully thin, increasingly reclusive, or chronically ill from malnutrition and malaise. By the time parents are aware of children's disorders, adolescents may be on the verge of death or suicide, striving to cope with the shame and guilt of the secret sin of bulimia.
The moment parents discover food disorders, children should be taken to a doctor or hospital emergency room. An initial compulsive eating treatment may involve assessing the teen's overall physical condition, including symptoms of malnutrition. Protruding bones, abnormally low body weight, the absence of muscle and fat, a ghostly complexion, loss of appetite, ruptured or reddened esophagus, pernicious anemia or absence of a menstrual cycle, and hair loss are all tale tell signs of bulimia or anorexia. Doctors may prescribe intravenous fluids to immediately replace vital nutrients and nourish cells. Starvation diets must be treated quickly in order to prevent vital organs from failing. Teens may also undergo psychological evaluations to determine the underlying cause of self-destructive behavior. Environmental triggers, such as the recent divorce of parents, moving to a new town or school, the death of a boyfriend or close family member, or sexual abuse could contribute to abnormal dietary patterns.
Patients may need prolonged psychological care, combined with group therapy and in-patient care for weeks until adolescents regain weight and a favorable body image. An effective compulsive eating treatment may include closely planning and monitoring patient meals to ensure the consumption of healthy foods in proper quantities at specific times during the day. Other treatments may include stress management, biofeedback and behavioral therapy to reprogram an obsessive eater's mind to view food as a necessary aid to good health and to accept personal body types as normal. Patients may respond to therapies in different ways. Some adolescents may be so absorbed with the compulsion to be thin that even when they look into a mirror, the skeletal semblance which stares back is mentally seen as overweight! To a person suffering from bulimia or anorexia, any amount of body fat is unacceptable and grossly out of proportion.
As part of a successful compulsive eating treatment, nutritionists, psychologists, and therapists may suggest that parents give adolescent patients time to recover mentally, emotionally and physically from a debilitating food disorder. While parents may want to see immediate results, doctors usually recommend gradual yet positive reinforcement, a generous dose of acceptance and a healthy portion of patience to aid in the teen's recovery. As therapists uncover the emotional or environmental triggers that compel patients to eat compulsively, parents may be helpful in alleviating social pressures by making some lifestyle changes. Both parents may need to consult with doctors and try to provide young patients a more stable environment which fosters nurturing and feelings of security. Decisions to move away from familiar surroundings may have to be curtailed as teens heal from emotional or environmental trauma.
Gradually, as the compulsive eating treatment begins to help alleviate the urge to engage in overeating, starvation, or bulimia, patients can experience normalcy, self-acceptance, a more positive body image, and a more optimistic outlook on life. Therapists may encourage replacing obsessive dietary habits with physical activity to provide mental and emotional stimuli. Painting, drawing, or journaling may help individuals suffering from food disorders cope with emotional triggers and refocus attention on something other than the physical body. Holistic treatments may also include helping adolescents develop a strong faith in God, as patients gradually learn how to seek the power that is far more powerful than any problem faced alone. Teens and young adult females can become spiritually renewed and find the source of light and life in what seems to be a dark world. With continuous medical, spiritual, and emotional intervention, patients who suffer from self-destructive habits can recover completely and begin to enjoy what can become the best years of a young adult's life.
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