Binge Eating: What It Is and How to Treat It

 


Overeating isn't the only aspect of binge-eating. Binge-eating is an eating disorder characterised by irrational eating habits and difficult emotions. This post explains what binge eating is and how to effectively treat it.

 The Definition of Binge-Eating

Binge-eating is a medical and psychological condition in which a person consumes a significant amount of food in a short length of time. Binge eaters ignore their bodies' signals that they're full and continue to consume large amounts of food.

Binge-eating entails more than simply eating twice as much of a favourite food. Binge eaters may consume two cheeseburgers, a half-gallon of ice cream, and a box of cookies.

Typical Ways of Thinking

Binge eaters have complicated thought processes, which cause them to overeat. She may believe she has no control over her aggressive eating habits. Even if you think a person would be too humiliated to binge-eat, the truth is that shame can actually fuel a binge-eating session emotionally.

Binge-eating is characterised by unpleasant feelings like self-loathing and embarrassment. Many persons who have binge eating problems have skewed body images. They may assume they are fat when, in fact, they are average weight or only slightly overweight.

On the other hand, a person who binge eats may weigh significantly more than the weight charts suggest for her height and age.

Males can get the illness, but females are more likely to get it. Recognise that binge drinkers can find hope and confidence to live successful lives in recovery.

Binge Eating Treatments

If you're struggling with binge eating, several effective therapy options are available to help you overcome the problem.

Here are some helpful therapy options:

1. Self-help groups are an excellent place to start. Depending on your region, you may be able to attend self-help groups to help you minimise or stop binge eating episodes. Overeaters Anonymous and other self-help groups can offer excellent, sympathetic emotional support to people battling binge eating.

2. Cognitive treatment for individuals. Individual therapy sessions can be beneficial for those who seek more expert assistance. A professional therapist uses cognitive therapy to address an individual's distorted body image, negative thinking processes, and feelings of shame.

 The therapist assists the client in replacing negative thoughts with more realistic, healthy, and pleasant ones. Another method a therapist uses to inspire someone recovering from this genuine physical disease is by encouraging her to surround herself with understanding and supporting family and friends.

 3. Therapy for the entire family. If the person who is bingeing is an adolescent, family therapy and individual therapy can be quite beneficial in helping family members comprehend what their kid is going through.

 In addition, poor family interactions can be tackled and addressed so that everyone in the family learns to relate in healthy ways, which can help to minimise binge eating.

 4. A one-day intensive treatment. Extensive day treatment may be an option if you require more intensive treatment than individual therapy, family therapy, or self-help group participation.

 These programmes offer expert therapy for binge eating three or more days a week for 2 to 6 hours. Treatment for eating disorders usually occurs at eating disorder therapy centres, which offer a wide range of treatment alternatives to help people get back on their feet.

 5. A stay at a hospital for treatment. A person battling binge eating may benefit from voluntarily entering a 4-6 week inpatient treatment programme. This milieu therapy provides a 24/7 supportive physical and mental environment to reduce binge-eating tendencies and increase healthy eating habits.

 As you return to your home setting, you will require outpatient follow-up treatment to give much-needed assistance.

 Binge-eating is a medical/psychological illness characterised by excessive food consumption and emotional distress. People may overcome the problematic behaviours and feelings that come with binge eating to live healthy, satisfying lives.

 Recognising the problem and receiving proper treatment, and having the caring support of friends and family members is the key to living a well-deserved and rewarding life.




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