Recovery 21 Eating disorders

Promis recovery centre bring you a short talk by Dr Robert Lefever about eating disorders, alcohol and drug abuse and other addictive behaviors. for further information please visit promisclinics.com

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Loved this video, for once someone makes sense and has an educated logical grasp on eating disorders! At last I found a video out of a million on e.d's where the speaker has gone and experienced and ed, studied eating disorders and actually fully recovered from one, I got a lot of Hope now, Thank you x

[misstiggykins]

Thanks Yvonne. I had to watch this video again to remember why I responded as I did 1 year ago! I can see the point you are making, but from my own experiences of restricting anorexia nervosa (which may or may not be applicable to others) I would view restriction to be a form of compulsion related to a craving for a sense of control rather than an addiction. This guy is talking about limiting certain foods in the diet and this is exactly what restricting anorexic do....

[yvonnem1987]

very good video.i would love to be treated here...:(itd be a dream

[yvonnem1987]

there actually IS logic to addiction and anorexia.all eating disorders are addictions and obsessions.anorexics are addicted to the feeling of being empty,dizzy,restricting successfully,exercise,loosing weight etc.

[misstiggykins]

I do agree that anorexic behaviours are addictive/compulsive, but the behaviours I was addicted to were over-exercising and starving. Also, what about the psychopathology that underlies anorexia nervosa? We are talking about maturity fears and avoidant behaviours associated with fear -e.g fear of relationships or fear of 'the world'. I really don't think your psychological model applies to anorexia nervosa.

[misstiggykins]

Your video is probably relevant and helpful to individuals with a binge eating disorder, but I don't think you can apply the reverse logic in regard to food and eating to anorexia nervosa, especially the restrictive type. As an individual who had this illness for nearly 30 yrs I never had food cravings, except in the very early stages, before the illness was well established. For most of the time I was scared of food (cont).

[Octophobia]

This is fine advice for a bulimic, overeater, or anyone who binges. However, giving this to an Anorexic is a very bad idea. Telling them limit their food even more and they won't eat or crave? They expecially NEED to eat. Especially anorexics who binge occasionally, they basically survive on their binges.

[sexykiwiapple]

thx you

[undrcovrkitty]

oops, he does say he had an eating disorder...

[undrcovrkitty]

does this guy have an eating disorder himself? he sounds like an overeater.