What causes a person to binge?!
Question: What causes a person to binge.?
Why would someone who never binged before, suddenly start at age 40.? It's only at night. Why can't I get control over the situation. It just doesn't make any sense to me. It seems so easy to control but it's not. What's happening to me.?Health Question & Answer
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What causes a person to binge.? Here are some answers but they may or may not refer to you.?
Emotional trauma - the biggies obviously like bereavement, divorce, losing job, empty nest, changing jobs, moving house etc but also smaller upsets can set it off: a change in relationships, promotion, growing older. Mind and body are incredibly interwoven. And it needn't be some big sudden shock - you might just have been getting more miserable and now your body has had enough and is protesting.
Change in lifestyle; this may be partly emotional but can be physical for example if you work shifts and the pattern has changed; if you are eating at different times in the day e.g you used to eat your main meal in the evening and now eat at lunchtime.
Illness or medication: these can effect appetite control so you feel hungry even when you're not (I took steroids for a while and frequently felt ravenous even though I'd eaten a big dinner).
Whatever the cause it is an illness and you need professional help. Start with your doctor is she/he is sympathetic or get onto to one of the helplines. There are plenty of people out there with help. I do know what it like I binged for several years before getting it under control. It wasn't easy and it wasn't quick but we (my therapist and I) managed it eventually.
Good luck.Health Question & Answer
Emotional trauma - the biggies obviously like bereavement, divorce, losing job, empty nest, changing jobs, moving house etc but also smaller upsets can set it off: a change in relationships, promotion, growing older. Mind and body are incredibly interwoven. And it needn't be some big sudden shock - you might just have been getting more miserable and now your body has had enough and is protesting.
Change in lifestyle; this may be partly emotional but can be physical for example if you work shifts and the pattern has changed; if you are eating at different times in the day e.g you used to eat your main meal in the evening and now eat at lunchtime.
Illness or medication: these can effect appetite control so you feel hungry even when you're not (I took steroids for a while and frequently felt ravenous even though I'd eaten a big dinner).
Whatever the cause it is an illness and you need professional help. Start with your doctor is she/he is sympathetic or get onto to one of the helplines. There are plenty of people out there with help. I do know what it like I binged for several years before getting it under control. It wasn't easy and it wasn't quick but we (my therapist and I) managed it eventually.
Good luck.Health Question & Answer
ok when you say binge, you are talking about you feel as if you need to eat more and more and more knowing that you will get sick even though you continue to eat.?Health Question & Answer
maybe life has its current problems
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maybe your idea of binge isn't really a binge!Health Question & Answer
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maybe your idea of binge isn't really a binge!Health Question & Answer