Binge Eating Part Two

[lindsaylikestodance]

Ugh, ALL eating disorders are so generally misunderstood. Anorexics don't get sympathy, they get ridiculed too. I can't tell you how many times in my life people told me to "just eat, okay, stop being ridiculous." As if I could just stop!

[cherryberryblossom]

what people seem to not talk about is alot of anorexics become bulimic, then progress to bingers ad over eaters.. why is this connection not talked about?

[osamabinpawning123]

the sad thing is i used to use bulimia to try to cure binge eating

[moko1995]

the look on the womans face when she said 3 months was price less it was like "i have been dealing w/h this all my life and i only have 3 months wtf ? "

[ccorrine80]

This female host comes across as condescending, yuck!

[seorangpenari]

i´m also a binge eater or emotional eater.i study medicine and whenever i feel pressured, i go to food to comfort me, and i´d eat a lot of chocolates and cookies to calm me down. and then i feel like crap and i eat more. well, im also an asian and im not naturally big, but i´ve gained a lot of weight..now, i dont really care about being skinny like most other asian girls, but more about treating my body like a temple

[BrownnnEyes]

its like you go into this trance where you dont give a shit about anything around you, you just need to get the food and get it in your system. its almost like the only way u can shut your body up is to feed it with the food its screaming out for.

[jolibelle]

i'm not fat. but i have it. and i'm so ashamed. and this didn't tell me how to fix it myself. i need to. :(

[TheCarlScharnberg]

@jolibelle Yeah, me too. You need to fix the problem which started it all, then the need to binge will slowly control less and less of your life.

[summergiles]

@jolibelle That is exactly what I was thinking.

[AnaMiaNYC]

No insurance=settle in for the long haul. NEDA has a couple referrals for sliding fee scale clinics if you live in a metropolis but even then....if BED or Bulimia has left you bankrupt,unemployed,broke...yo­u are just plain fucked. You can have yourself committed to the city hospital psych ward and wait for Social Svcs but who does that? How nice these ladies got some help but shame on the show for glossing over "treatment options" for the rest of us. feh.

[myalias28]

It is an addiction, just like drugs or alcohol, they are food addicts. Its not about the food, it is that they are dealing with the stress of life, and covering it up with food, just like alcoholics and drug addicts use drugs and alcohol to cover up their stresses of life. Food addiction also has a huge impact on health causing obesity, heart disease, diabetes...its time we treat food addiction just like drug and alcohol addiction.

[DolceVita]

we are like bulimics without the vomiting

[TheOnlyGibson]

hello i am a 15 year old male and i have binge eating disorder. i have asked my parents to remove certain foods that trigger it and they wont listen, ive also talked to a doctor and he told me to wait 3 months and if it keeps going to come back.i want to stop this before it gets bad, ive already gained 10 pounds in the past month. what should i do?!

[xda0rsainnx]

Doctors are so busy, all they do is try to rush you in and rush you out. Don't let him. KEEP GOING BACK until he helps you.

[MrsSarb]

@TheOnlyGibson  Check out Overeaters Anonymous

[mariebabylon]

This is Marie Zmich from the Mike and Juliet Show, I agree that they should have mentioned that this effects men as well. I`m looking for some e-mail pen pals who mare going through this as well.

[robvh1984]

I agree

[Dianatorok]

why is the blond host yelling, she is kinda agressive! it's weird

[Roxirules125]

arrrrr i hate it! :@ i eat soooooo soooo much till it hurts... then i dont put any weight on!!! my thighs dont even touch! wats up with that? my friends dont beleive how much i eat 'coz im skinny but I DONT GET IT :(

[cherryberryblossom]

the last poster is correct, the world gets caught up in genders. ADD is for boys eating disorders are for woman, men rape woman, and woman get depressed.

[LaMuerteAmarilla]

"I think they are going to help so many women and girls." What about all the men with this disorder? I am one of them, and there are more than you think! We want support too!

[dylanvalente]

That same bullshit goes on with depression, too. Public discussion almost completely excludes men because it's assumed that the problem mainly affects women. I think more men suffer silently and don't seek treatment.

[problemchild1187]

@LaMuerteAmarilla i know everyone just leaves out the guys in this subject. why is that? do they think its only a female thing? idiots.

[LaMuerteAmarilla]

@problemchild1187 If this helps any of you, I've overcome the disorder. In the depths of hopelessness, there is no comfort, but in the long run, there is hope. It will end. Good luck to you all!

[alexjeisenberg]

Hey @LaMuerteAmarilla,

One in four individuals with Binge eating disorder (BED) are male. I hope you are getting the support you need.

[alexjeisenberg]

Hey @LaMuerteAmarilla,

One in four individuals with Binge eating disorder (BED) are male. I hope you are getting the support you need.

[hallowedbeeddie]

@LaMuerteAmarilla I am too man. I am real big binge eater. It´s weird because you know it´s bad and sometimes you dont wanna do it and days may go by without it (when you are trying to quit) and then when you realize you are binge eating again and sometimes even bigger. It is really terrible and overlooked in men. I am correctly trying real hard to stop it and havent done it in over a month (but I´m also trying to change my lifestyle overall). I have lost over 20 pounds. I hope not to fall

[ThePhazonMonkey]

@LaMuerteAmarilla yeah! im a male binger :(

[mamazotas]

i can relate to all of this..glad to have listened to it.

[westcoastking07]

Im a guy too..n dud i gotta tell u im so freakin adicted to food. I cant control myself. I eat past the point of satisfaction every single day. n then a couple of minutes after ill go to 7/11 n get all these snacks and drinks..>> > Realy im scared..

[ceruleana1]

I've read a lot about processed foods and how additives like MSG (which comes disguised under many names such as "natural ingredients") causes people to become addicted. Also, there is the "halo effect" which many chain restaurants use which is a certain combo of fat, salt & sugar that causes people to be addicted to their food so they'll come back and buy more. These food addictions are as powerful as a cocaine addiction. MSG is very dangerous - linked with many neurological disorders.

[SilkySnow15]

If you really, really feel out of control, medication might be in order. I know people who have had great success with Adderall and Ritalin. You need doctor supervision, but neither has binged in 2 and 3 years respectively. One of them was fat and she slowly lost 65 lbs. The other one was always skinny, so she stayed the way she was, but looks healthier now.

[Roxirules125]

erm is it possible to hnave that and be quite skinny?

[westcoastking07]

Yeap.. Even though ur skinny it may only mean u have a good metabolism. But its not healty cuz ur cholesterol and sugar levels in ur blood will be too high..

[LaMuerteAmarilla]

yeah dude, especially if it's combined with bulimia nervosa (the exercise of compensatory behaviour). I am not overweight by any standard, and I binge eat. It's followed by nearly starving myself and exercising obsessively the next day, week, whatever, until I have food in front of me (like home made pancakes).

[crosseyed55]

i'm a guy.... i think i'm a binge eater.... but this lady addresses it to only young girls and women?

[ceruleana1]

The majority of their patients are female, but you're right, they should acknowledge that men suffer from this problem as well.

[awwbutton2386]

so what this women is saying is that only "women and girls " suffer from binge eating .anorexia and bulimia? wtf

[cookielicious000]

binge eating it is an addiction to food.

[cookielicious000]

im just battleling with this eating disorder. i am even depressed. i gain alot of weight this months, and now am trying to get rid of it. what a life.......im just sick and ashamed.

[liplylips]

oh no i hide myself and never get full. If i have a cookie i have to have the whole box.

[cookielicious000]

ohhh...... girl thats me , some times i do that but later i feel ashamed and depressed.

[liplylips]

glad to know im not alone

[e2daelz02]

same here!!

[shadowprovesunshine]

Same here....wow so good that this forum is here. I'm so happy to know I'm not alone =) It's hard because it such an isolating disease.

[liplylips]

and depressing!

It pisses me off...right now im soo SICK of it..

[filtereyeblind]

eating healthy, drinking water taking vitamins maybe needing that extra snack of lowfat cottage cheese and apple after the 3 healthy meals and 3 healthy snacks still wasn't enough the cravings would be there its a daily struggle to where I'm on the verge of breaking down multiple times a day. I believe this is a real problem.

[Coverband69]

Addressed to mbd812: Regardless of how much education you have had, you are making comments like a disrectful person with low integrity. I recommend you continue your schooling.

[debe1965]

I recommend some anger management and assertiveness skills. Also what respect and dignity towards others entails.

[Coverband69]

Okay, Thanks for your valuable wisdom :).

[StarveAndRun85]

I love the blond host girl's voice.

[melaniestevens]

No it's because thin is considered beautiful by this society. Many anorexics struggle in secrecy because people often tell them how great they look. Where most compulsive overeaters are overweight and people just call us fat slobs.

[debe1965]

I know ...tells you how truly sick we are as a society.....But we are lucky to get overweight because society reinforces our desire to seek wellness, despite it being mainly ignorant and negative.....With Anorexia or controlled undereating they just die lost in their distorted beleifs. I'd rather live to a ripe old age and put up with ignorance, than to die on a runway at 17 because societies priorities are askew.

[ouchmyeyeballs]

Its impossible to judge when you haven't walk in their shoes. It's so easy to make comments like these based on ignorant assumptions. I have friends who suffered from this disorder and are of normal weight because they would go on extreme diets after their binges. Anorexia and binge eating have nothing to do with being a ''fat and greedy glutton" but has everything to do with underlying psychological issues that need to be addressed.

[debe1965]

Awesome !

[x3thin]

its an excuse for being fat

[xXwordslingerXx]

nasty comment. you're miles out!

[ParksAndWreck]

I realize that being thin has kept you safe from having to engage in complicated thought, but do try to see the world that exists beyond your pointy little nose.

You'd think someone with a fucking eating disorder would get it.

[jacksolomon73]

you dont understand. 'normal people' as you put it, can tell when theyre hungry and when theyre full; they dont plan their days around when they can binge and what theyre going to eat; they dont consume more than 4000 calories in one sitting; their lives arent controlled by food. this isnt a lack of self control - its a mental disorder!

[pookoos]

I'm a recovering binge eater too. The really scary thing that one has to face, is the fact that for most of us, eating massive quantities of food is THE most pleasurable thing in our lives, and when you seek treatment, you're facing the loss of that. It's like, think of the thing you love best in all the world, the thing you depend on and can't get along without, and then say goodbye to it. It leaves a big empty hole. It's sick and that's why it's so hard to stop.

[debe1965]

You hit the nail on the head of that distorted love affair all in recovery struggle to overcome. I liken that pain, to the pain that a battered woman feels when trying to escape her abuser.

[BAMreimann]

@jacksolomon73 a lack of control is a mental disorter. people with turrets have lack of control, people with anorexia feel like they have no control then control the food they eat and then its out of their control. almost every mental disorter is about lack of control.

[MissPonderosa]

@jacksolomon73 and sometimes a pysiological disorder. I persoanlly have PCOS (although now im underweight, before I was overweight) and I never knew when I was hungry or full. I still dont, it goes with the disorder and its unfair, but thats life isn't it :(

[DanikaJadeee]

@jacksolomon73 That is SO fucking true, I can't even tell the difference between full and hungry, this is taking over my damn life.

[Nicky571]

@jacksolomon73 Thank you for saying that because if i hear 'just stop eating then' one more time i'ma kill someone!

[Allensmackerman]

More likely, they're people who either suffer from the disorder who are too aghast at your willful ignorance to say anything, or people who don't but voted your comment down for the same reason.

[melaniestevens]

Your comment was made 4 months ago, but I have to say that I have phenomenal self control. I can go for long periods of time either not eating or eating very little. I was abused in my childhood and had a very distant relationship with both parents. I'm sure that you will tell me that is my fault also. You have no clue. You disrespect these women because society hates fat people.

[mbd812]

you go long periods of time with little calories in your system, and your instincts take over. your excuse is your childhood abuse.

[melaniestevens]

You're a jerk. I can go a day, two, a week. It doesn't matter lol. Must be nice to bash people you don't know and be able to do it anonymously, ya coward.

[mbd812]

It is basic biochemistry. You don't have enough energy from the lack of calories (starvation), so you end up binging. You associate that with your childhood abuse. This could be true, since you are under tremendous amounts of stress, but you cannot deny that you use your childhood abuse as your trigger. Out of your control? Well no, because you can stop being a dumb ass and have sustained energy through proper diet (protein and carbohydrates, every two to three hours).

[melaniestevens]

There you go, being presumptuous about my eating habits again. Why is it that people like you just can't get it through your thick, ignorant head? I thought your natural instincts take over. Which is it? Just whatever you can use to browbeat someone? Who says I binge after I don't eat? You need to pull your head out and actually think before you make comments about things you know nothing about. It helps.

[mbd812]

ms. stevens. yes, it is your instincts. the trigger (for you, your childhood abuse), as self-explanatory as it is, triggers your natural instincts. thick, ignorant head? the two points i have made are a cause and effect. you are too dumb to connect the dots.

[melaniestevens]

OH MY GOD you are frickin 19 years old. You have a high school education dude and you have the audacity to instruct ANYone on basic biology? You are gravely misinformed at that. THEN you have the nerve to say you dont respect people, having not lived a shred of life. You're a fool. I'm not wasting my time on you anymore. Not that I should have in the first place. Good riddance.

[mbd812]

yeah drop it fat bitch. just go eat some cookies and call it your childhood abuse. when you want to argue, even with a nineteen year old, be respectful, and maybe you will get that respect back.

[ParksAndWreck]

Oh man! That'll show her that you're not an ignorant, misinformed little shithead who knows nothing on this subject but still feels entitled to preach to everyone about it! Way to go!

[mbd812]

and bitch, i am attending a private institution as a sophomore, and i have completed 1/3 of premed requirements, so you can go fuck yourself, you old ignorant bitch who base peoples' opinions on their age. id rather be 19 with a bright future then fucking god knows what with a fucking eating disorder.

[SilkySnow15]

You are not in med school yet, honey. Walmart is full of former premed students who never made it to med school. The world is also full of silly college students who've completed 1/3 of their major and think they are experts in a field. You are nowhere close to being an expert until you have at least a doctorate or long years of experience. A bachelor's is supposed to give you a general overview and make you realize just how little you understand the subject. Private institution :) :) :)

[sandpiperr]

@mbd812 My biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology, and evolutionary biology classes in college taught me the processes that take place in my body before/during/after a binge and the history that contributes to the compulsion to binge eat. It was all fascinating to learn!

Didn't make living with this easier. Education is, unfortunately, not a cure for BED.

A little before med school lesson: All doctors pass pre-med curriculum, good doctors learn empathy along the way!

[ClythiaMystica]

@sandpiperr blah blah blah, smart ass

[pruanelover4ever]

past experiences can take a toll on your life at the moment, please take a psychology class you will learn plenty.

[x3thin]

agreed