How do you cure an eating disorder?

Question

Eternal switching back and forth healthy eating to binge-eating. Ex-bulimic. Binge-eating for years.

Answer 1

I don't know how to cure an eating disorder, but I now have mine under control after years of therapy, drugs [doctor prescribed :D], and work. Do you go to a therapist? I'd been going to therapists for years, but when I finally found one that I really 'clicked' with, it helped me a lot, more than I'd ever been helped by all the others ones.

Here are some tips I used to use [and still sometimes do] not to binge. Hopefully they will work for you?

When you feel an eating binge coming on, try to get out of the room where the food is and try to get your mind on another thing. Try playing a word or numbers game - like Soduko. [They have tons of free Sudoko games online and they are addictive!]. You could also try watching a movie that you KNOW will keep your mind involved [this can be hard] or calling up a friend and chatting or even going out.

You can also drink a LARGE cup of ice water. This will fill your stomach up and try and help your body remember that it is not hungry. [Plus, as awful as it sounds, if you do end up binging and than purging, drinking lots of water can make it slightly less damaging to your throat - but not much.]

If you are very, very disciplined, when you feel a binge coming on, try to have just a tiny, tiny bit of whatever it is you really want. For instance, if you want to eat an entire package of Oreos eat JUST ONE. Denying the urges can sometimes make the desire to binge happen more frequently, but it can also be very hard to stop eating once you have started.

Above all else, do NOT get down on yourself if you do binge. Making yourself feel depressed or otherwise low can actually make you want to eat more. Remind yourself that you are a very important person and you do not need this food. If you feel like you don't care, remind yourself how special and unique you are. It sounds corny, but it can really help.

I really hope at least some of this helped. Good luck and please be careful.

Answer 2

Well, the body image issues will always be there no matter what size you are, so obviously it is a mental problem, rather than a physical one. SInce it is mental, the best way to fix it is through counciling. First and foremost, telling people about your problem will help tremendously. A weight will be lifted when you don't have a secret from the world. Be sure to only tell people who really love you and care. This will also help b/c you will ahve a support group for when you are messing up again. They will be the ones to be like, "It OKAY to eat" Food is a GOOD for our bodies- just in proportion. A tharapist will probably have wonderful suggestions on how to fix your body image issues. Good luck and please be safe! DO NOT UNDER ANY circumstances visit pro-ana-mia websites. They will only make your problem worse. I am proud of you for asking for help! Remember that your body is the only one you will ever getand you shoudl respect it by nurishing it. One day you might want children and damaging your body might cause you to not be able to have babies. They are waaaaaaay more important than fitting into size 4 jeans! Try to prioritze the things in your life and hopefully you will find that your size is not one of the top priorities. Your health and happiness and loved ones should be in the top though and when you are abusing your body via eating disorders, you are being counter productive to your top priorities. Tell someone!!!!

Answer 3

I think you should see a therapist for this. Also, dieticians and nutritionists can help. Bulimia and Anarexia Nervosa are both very serious and can be deadly. Good luck. I wish you the best. Try to find something you are good at and focus on that instead of your weight and eating habits.

Answer 4

you are able to discover ways to dam out those thoughts and turn that area of desire existence around yet i think of that it in basic terms constantly keeps to be lurking interior someplace to bounce out like an previous buddy or lover. I had a mini section whilst i exchange into around twelve when I did commence ingesting regularly for a year yet on the tip i exchange into slipping into anorexia lower back and now i'm nevertheless with it at 18. despite in case you will get help and you deserve help, you need to be responsive to which you're suitable the way you're with the aid of fact God made us all suitable in our own particular techniques and nutrition exchange into made a blessing for us to savor. you're stable. desire this helps....

Answer 5

It's like when you go to rehab when your on drugs. But this one is about eating disorders. You can't actually cure a eating disorder unless you go to those

Answer 6

A health professional- go see one.

You need to work yourself up to eating 3 meals a day. I wouldn't expect you to do this automatically. But it might be hard for you to do it on your own.

Answer 7

by shoving food down the hole when needed! or not putting food down the hole when not needed! yeah thats pretty much it!