What keeps you from getting help for binge eating disorder - It’s too much to deal with right now What keeps individuals from seeking treatment beyond shame and guilt for having a disorder and the stigma of living in a larger body? Plain and simple, it’s not being able to face the fear of what […]
What keeps you from getting help for binge eating disorder - Stigma
Ours is a fat-phobic society. We can’t deny it. Researchers on public health issues find that individuals deemed overweight or obese are thought to be lazy, weak-willed, unsuccessful, unintelligent, lack self-discipline, have poor willpower, and are noncompliant with weight-loss treatment. These stereotypes give way to stigma, prejudice, and discrimination against those living in larger bodies […]
Don’t let shame and guilt keep you from getting help for binge eating disorder
People living with binge eating disorder (BED) come to this disease from so many different perspectives. Food becomes an obsession to numb out emotional trauma, physical pain, mental illness, and more. It’s a transfer behavior when someone is trying to get free from drugs and alcohol. And the size that often comes with long-standing leads […]
Binge Eating Disorder Where You’d Least Expect It
Though Binge Eating Disorder (BED) was just categorized as an eating disorder in 2013, it is more common in the U.S. than anorexia and bulimia combined, with considerable evidence it is three times as prevalent. Maybe you have a mental picture of who suffers from BED: the “headless fatty” [showing obese bellies and lower body […]
Medication for BED as a tool, not a cure
So this past week I had a tough interaction with someone who took offense to a Twitter post of a New York Times article we re-Tweeted. The article was about the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medication Vyvanse being re-purposed as a Binge Eating Disorder (BED) medication, but that “no one is cheering” about this. […]