ME! <3 asked:


I noticed that people with eating disorders often look like little kids. Or like12 years old, no madder what age they are. Have any of you noticed that too? How people with anorexia look prepubescent?
Am i the only one who thinks that?

In order to cure binge eating, it is not enough to simply try and eat less. Binge eating isn’t a physical problem like weight gain, it’s an emotional one. For some reason, you turn to food as a source of comfort for your troubles. This is, of course, a destructive dependency and one which you must learn to overcome.

In order to find a true solution to binging, you must transform your mindset. It is your inner psyche which is causing you to eat too much. This is where the root cause of the problem lies.

Here are some tips on how to stop binge eating.

1. Avoid emotionally laden situations – This isn’t really getting into the root cause yet, but it’s certainly a trigger. If you’re the sort of person who takes things to heart and allows what you see and hear to influence your mood (which we all do to a degree), you need to stay clear of sad movies, plays, sad songs, and depressing TV shows. They can trigger the destructive mindset which turns you to seek the comfort of food. Try comedies instead.

2. Use positive affirmations – Positive affirmations are basically short sentences which you repeat to yourself over and over again. This may seem a little silly, but your mind will pick up on those sentences and it will slowly change your thought patterns to fit what you’re saying. A good sentence will be something like: ” I won’t allow my emotions to cause me to binge” or ” I can stop my binge eating”. You’d be amazed at how effective this can be.

3. Avoid emotional or depressive people – Often, overcoming binge eating requires difficult decisions. The truth is that a lot of what influences our mindset comes from the people around us. You need to see which people are good for and which cause you to be depressed or anxious. I’m not saying you need to put an end to friendships, but try to cut back on the amount of time you spend with these people at least until you overcome your binge eating.

By: John Davenport

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Usually anorexia is more commonly diagnose in women, although there are many men that also have anorexia and eating disorders. The problem for men is that they dont want to look for help or tell anybody about their eating disorders because they dont want to be embarrassed or feel shame of having a disorder that is more common is women.

10% of the people with eating disorders are men and the statistics might be even higher, most of the support groups are full of women, so men tend to avoid getting help, they dont want to be judged or receive critics by people they know.

Men that practice sports that require low weight and a perfect body are at more risk of anorexia and eating disorders. They feel that they will be seen as gays or seen as weak for having anorexia. However, eating disorders are a problem that can affect anyone especially people that get obsessive with their body and are constantly evaluated by others.

If you have an eating disorder and you are man, you should find help from people around you, but also professional help. If you feel uncomfortable going to support groups with other women then find an expert to help you personally. If you do a search on the internet, im sure you will find other men like you with the same problems.

Eating disorders are an emotional problem that require proper treatment. Talk to your family, accept your problem and follow a careful treatment, where you will progress little by little, you wont be suggested to eat a lot the same day, you have to adapt your body to nutrient food gradually.

Some of the common symptoms of men or women with anorexia are excessive exercising, use of laxants, vomiting, secrecy, throwing food, depression, isolation and more. You need to find support, start with your family, the sooner you seek help the easier it will be to overcome it.

By: Ray Andrew

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KT! asked:


What people think about those who have eating disorders, and the prejudices they have against them. Anything else that has to do with society and these disorders.
Thanks!

This is for a health project btw…

Kit Kat asked:


And do they binge only when they are physically hungry?

There is help for eating disorder. You have a problem of binge eating? You need to find out what aid is in store for you.

What is eating disorder?

Before we venture to find out the cures for eating disorder, let us explore what exactly constitutes an eating disorder.

Binge eating disorder is a psychological disorder wherein a person does not exercise much control over his/her eating habits. Such people usually tend to eat a lot (more than normal people). They also do not make healthy food choices.

More often, people involved in eating disorder tend to eat junk or unhealthy food. They feel loss of control when confronted with food that they like.

People with eating disorder cannot control their urges with regards to food. And many times they overeat because of emotional feelings that they are unable to cope with. Feelings of insecurity and depression can often lead people towards unhealthy eating habits.

There are three types of binge eating help that you can look for to stop this behavior. We will try and consider all of them so that at least you make a pick of the ones that would work for you.

The three kinds of help for eating disorder

i.You can seek psychological help to end eating disorder. This is referred to as counseling in other terms. This help would work for those who face depression, stress or anxiety. Because these can cause eating disorder, they would need to deal with them first.

ii.The second help for eating disorder is medical. There are medications that can be used to treat eating disorder. The medication has to be related to the problem that could be causing the eating disorder. It is therefore wise that they contact professionals who would diagnose the cause of the problem before the right medication is prescribed.

iii.The third help for eating disorder is actually done at home.

a. You would need to practice healthy eating habits such as eating only when hungry.

b. You would need to have a schedule of exercise so that at least you have more physical activity. This way, you will be able to prevent excess weight as you battle with the disorder.

c. Spending time with people who care would take away your attention and so you will not just eat carelessly.

d. Manage the stress that you have. If it is financial, try and plan well and stick to a budget. If it is family issues, sort yourself out.

e. Engage in your most liked leisure activity. It will also disrupt your attention away from just eating.

So, you see that there is help for eating disorder indeed. Many people are now living healthy lives. They know what it means to be healthy and they know how hard the battle of weight loss is.

They have chosen to eat healthy, fight the disorder and have nothing to do with weight loss. They are since happy with themselves. They have nothing to regret and they are comfortable.

You too can be like them when you use simple effective binge eating help to fight the disorder and have control of your eating habits once again.



By: Syed Hus

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OhMyMyMy asked:


So far I have
1 What made you turn to eating disorders?
2 What would you say to other people with eating disorders?
3 How did you overcome it?

ggg asked:


I never really thought that it did, but people who have eating disorders are always looked down on and people tell jokes about them all the time. Does having one make me a shallow individual? Because I REALLY don’t want to be that way!

ClueLess asked:


Like what can help people that have eating disorder to solve there problems?

praying for #1 at 30 asked:


I have completely recovered from anorexia. It took over my life a few years ago. It’s the single most important defeat of my entire life – so far. I really want to put something on my body that reminds me of what I was able to overcome. I am very lucky, must people cannot beat an eating disorder. I want the tattoo to be something people ask about so I can talk about it and let people know that I hit a brick wall in my life but was able to climb over it. If I can help one person with my story then it’s totally worth it.