Compulsive Overeating
Compulsive Overeating is defined as an uncontrollable eating with intense feelings of shame and guilt that follow. This is a separate disorder from bulimia as there is no vomiting or purging involved therefore there will be a significant weight increase. There is a fine line between loving to eat and Compulsive Overeating that is only visible to the one with the eating disorder. Recognizing that you suffer from Compulsive Overeating means that you have to know the warning signs that surely include eating uncontrollably (bingeing). The body suffers complications when it sustains this type of abuse. It becomes fatigued and tired, there is a good change of getting weight-related hypertension, nausea, rapid weight gain, an increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and the development of specific cancers.
Compulsive Overeating is almost always an attempt to cover up other hidden issues. You use food as a weapon to battle stress, low self esteem, anxiety, and depression but the attempts are futile because of the guilt and shame that you feel from overeating. Compulsive Overeating usually starts gradually, often in early childhood when eating patterns are forming. It could begin when people begin to find comfort in foods and turn to eating when they are stressed out or emotionally upset. The destruction continues as you learn to rely on food that makes you feel better.
Like someone that has bulimia, compulsive overeating doesn’t come without the overeater trying to stop but it becomes out of your control. Compulsive Overeating also includes bouts of strict dieting followed by Compulsive Overeating. The dieting might help with some of the inevitable weight gain but when you begin to eat again you feel that you have to overcompensate for the deprivation that you endured. This really is an endless cycle that won’t stop until you seek help. Call Sunset Malibu at 1-800-332-9202.
Compulsive Overeating Explained
Compulsive Overeating is the way that you put yourself in control of things and it might be the only control that you believe that you do have over your life. Without using this eating disorder you feel as if you have no crutch to lean on and therefore feel powerless. This illness is a self sabotaging way to mask very painful feelings that you can not or do not want to deal with. Feelings of anger, self loathing, and shame are covered by your ability to remain in control.
Compulsive Overeating was once thought of as nothing more than one who has lost self control of their eating habits. However, recently is has been taken much more seriously in our culture but the typical stereotyping of being fat and lazy unfortunately still applies by many who know no better. Recovery is absolutely possible for those that suffer from Compulsive Overeating. This is accomplished by embracing a gradual process of lifestyle change and with our help. Our eating disorder specialists are here to help you. Call Sunset Malibu today at 1-800-332-9202 to experience our Compulsive Overeating Facility for yourself.
The Symptoms of Compulsive Overeating
Compulsive Overeating consists of consuming literally thousands of calories at just one setting. This disorder is an addiction and is being used to fill a void that you have inside and as a way to cope. When you consume all of this food you find emotional comfort. Eating is a way for you to achieve great happiness but it is controlling your entire being and you are not really concerned about your health.
Treatment for people that suffer from Compulsive Overeating includes helping you to pay better attention to true hunger which is when you will eat in moderation. We will help you learn how to make better nutritional decisions and have greater body awareness. We will teach you to eat when you are truly hungry and allow your body to simply stop eating when it is satisfied rather than miserably full. Call Sunset Malibu today at 1-800-332-9202.
Compulsive Overeating Treatment
We have never once heard anyone say they wished for an eating disorder. No one chooses it. No one wants to die. No one wants to be fat. No one wants a life filled with lies, isolation and deception. Compulsive Overeating is an eating disorder that helps people cope with what they could not cope with any other way. This is usually caused by some unbearable anxiety. The person cannot bear to experience their feelings, so the compulsive overeating comes in to numb them out.
Usually Compulsive Overeating is accompanied with a sense of euphoria that will always win over self control. Overeaters will plan their binges but you do it subconsciously. You truly do not realize how much food that you consume at night before going to sleep, you are in denial. You likely even binge in the middle of the night and might even hide any evidence of the feast. Dieting to you is counterproductive and causes greater bouts of binging. Please seek help today! Call us at 1-800-332-9202.
Getting Help
This is your time! You must get help immediately! There is a good chance that you will die if you don’t. Compulsive Overeating is destructive both physically and emotionally. You can fully recover from this illness if you do something about it and seek help before it becomes chronic and life threatening. Psychological counseling and psychotherapy will address both the eating disorder and the forces that contribute to it.
For additional information on the effective Compulsive Overeating at Sunset Malibu, please visit our main Eating Disorder page. For immediate assistance call Sunset Malibu anytime at 1-800-332-9202.
As with all co-occurring disorders, Sunset Malibu treats eating disorders as a co-occurring disorder with drug and or alcohol abuse.