Will someone help me??? Eating disorders!?!
Question: Will someone help me!?!?!? Eating disorders!!?
I know that ya'll aren't doctors and can't help me!. But I think I have a eating disorder!. I looked it up and I think I am a compulsive overeater!? Or a binge eater!? But I say so because I sweat all the time!.!. It's sort of embarrassing,I eat and can't stop!. I eat so much that I feel like throwing all the food back up!. My head hurts!. I have joint pains!. I depressed!. I have secret eating plans!. Like I'll say that I will eat a cracker and drink water!.!. I don't tell my mom about it!.It gets so bad that I can't handle it!.!. I wake up some mornings bleeding!.! My mom will see the scraches on my arm and I'll pretend I don't notice them!.!. I feel that if I get down to 80 pounds I would feel better about myself!.!. What is wrong!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Just because you are sharing your story on here doesnt mean that you dont have a problem I respect you for asking for help dealing with such a serious situation!. People need help, need to talk and thats what this site is for!. Compulsive eating is very hard to overcome alone!. You need a support group that can talk from experience!. Compulsive overeating is characterized by uncontrollable eating followed by feelings of guilt and shame!. It is different from bulimia in that it does not involve any purging!. While it inevitably results in weight gain, it is also not to be confused with obesity!. Not everyone who is overweight has an eating disorder!.
What are the warning signs of compulsive eating!?
* bingeing, or eating uncontrollably
* purging by strict dieting, fasting, vigorous exercise, vomiting or abusing
* using laxatives or diuretics in an attempt to lose weight
* using the bathroom frequently after meals
* preoccupation with body weight
* depression or mood swings
* irregular periods
* developing dental problems, swollen cheek glands, heartburn and/or bloating
experiencing personal or family problems with alcohol or drugs
Why is it so hard to stop!?
Like someone with bulimia, when you compulsively overeat, you usually try every way you can think of to stop!. Often the attempt at control takes the form of rigorous dieting or living by inflexible standards of eating!. While strict dieting may help intermittently with the weight gain, in the long run it doesn't do anything to remedy the emotional reasons for the compulsive overeating!. Moreover, restrictive dieting is so depriving that it creates a situation of compounded desperation to eat!. Therefore, dieting often backfires and just perpetuates the compulsive overeating!.
Recovery is completely possible for compulsive overeaters through a gradual process of lifestyle change and with the help of others!. Along with the medical, psychological and nutritional assistance helpful to anyone with distorted eating habits, oftentimes groups such as Overeaters Anonymous are very useful!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
What are the warning signs of compulsive eating!?
* bingeing, or eating uncontrollably
* purging by strict dieting, fasting, vigorous exercise, vomiting or abusing
* using laxatives or diuretics in an attempt to lose weight
* using the bathroom frequently after meals
* preoccupation with body weight
* depression or mood swings
* irregular periods
* developing dental problems, swollen cheek glands, heartburn and/or bloating
experiencing personal or family problems with alcohol or drugs
Why is it so hard to stop!?
Like someone with bulimia, when you compulsively overeat, you usually try every way you can think of to stop!. Often the attempt at control takes the form of rigorous dieting or living by inflexible standards of eating!. While strict dieting may help intermittently with the weight gain, in the long run it doesn't do anything to remedy the emotional reasons for the compulsive overeating!. Moreover, restrictive dieting is so depriving that it creates a situation of compounded desperation to eat!. Therefore, dieting often backfires and just perpetuates the compulsive overeating!.
Recovery is completely possible for compulsive overeaters through a gradual process of lifestyle change and with the help of others!. Along with the medical, psychological and nutritional assistance helpful to anyone with distorted eating habits, oftentimes groups such as Overeaters Anonymous are very useful!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
oh dear, u need to go see nurse or doctor!. get it sorted b4 it takes over your life for good and watses your life!. good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
For one thing if you were truly anorexic you wouldn't be on here asking questions!. Not trying to be mean!. I have been suffering with this horrible disease for nearly 6 years and it is now killing me slowly and very painfully, and there is no turning back from the damage I have done to myself!. I dined having any problems with eating for 31/2 years!. Nearly died twice by near heart attacks!. Been fed by tubes that went down my nose to my stomach!. Been in rehab twice, and been in psychiatric facilities to get help!. Every time I had a bowl movement pieces of my intestines and other organs came out, and I had to use the bathroom ever couple of minutes, if that continued I would have died already!. If I ever relapse losing over 5 lbs by restricting I will die!. I get sick all the time, I have poor self-esteem, eye site, energy, and will probably die early!. Everyday I battle myself, and I am now 20!. Ask yourself if this is what you want!. Is this the life that you want!. I hope not, because if I could I wouldn't want the life I have now!. You end up having many emotional and physical problems as well as mental ones!. Trust me it is not worth it just to be skinny!. Eat healthy, exercise, and be happy with who you are!. Trust me this is not the road you want to go down!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If your waking up with scratches on your arm, this is more than just an overactive appietiete!. When you sleep, your brain is relaxing and feeling you didn't even know you had could come into your dreams, if you wake up bleeding, then you must have a lot of emotions bottled up!.
First, you may want to consider therapy, i would highly suggest it!. its a lot easier too if you get someone young, or a girl who could understand better!.
Second, get rid of all the unhealthy food, you cant eat it if its not there!.
Actually, first, tell your mom, it may be hard, but you could even just write her a letter explaining it, and she'll sit you down to talk!.
Lastly, 80 pounds should NEVER be an ideal weight for anyone over the age of like twelve!.
hope this helped!.!. elise!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
First, you may want to consider therapy, i would highly suggest it!. its a lot easier too if you get someone young, or a girl who could understand better!.
Second, get rid of all the unhealthy food, you cant eat it if its not there!.
Actually, first, tell your mom, it may be hard, but you could even just write her a letter explaining it, and she'll sit you down to talk!.
Lastly, 80 pounds should NEVER be an ideal weight for anyone over the age of like twelve!.
hope this helped!.!. elise!.Www@Answer-Health@Com