Of all the variety of symptoms that can accompany eating disorders, one that can be associated with several of them is the common pattern of binge eating. Whether the person restricts their food habits or not, certain mental or emotional triggers can make them begin eating excessively to the point of discomfort and sickness. There are different types of binge eating but often the episode of overeating is something that they lose control of and suffer negative consequences as a result of their behavior. The binges may occur at certain times and be more predictable such as with night eating disorder. This is a disorder in which, for whatever reason, the person feels unable to control their eating habits at night. It could happen because of insomnia or restrictive eating habits during the day. It is a type of binge eating that can affect a person's health and weight because of their uncontrolled eating.
The problems that contribute to compulsive overeating are not just the food itself; it is an obsession with food as an emotional escape from circumstances of life. For the people that eat large portions and snack often, they can admit to knowing that they eat not out of hunger but out of boredom, depression or just the taste of food. This can be a cycle that this difficult for them to really escape without professional help. They have become so dependent on food to ease their nerves and stress that they do not know how to function without it. They see food not as a source of survival but as something that they want all the time.
Whatever type of binge disorder a person might have, their need to binge is usually a kind of coping mechanism that helps them to escape from other problems. With eating disorders like bulimia, compulsive overeating or night eating disorder, it is not just a matter of an obsession with food; there are other psychological issues at hand that are not being addressed. Traumatic events of the past or problems with abuse can trigger any kind of eating disorder. In order to treat their binging problems the person with the disorder must think of the past and try to pinpoint when and why their issues with food began to occur. Once they understand exactly why they behave in this way then they might be more likely to think before they engage in binging behavior. The more time they spend facing their emotional problems head on instead of escaping through food they less they are going to binge eat.
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