Binge eating disorder is a disorder that will cause a person to feel as if they need food all the time. Having that feeling causes the person to consume large amounts of food and feel like that are not able to stop eating. It is normal for a person to over eat once in a while like on a special occasion, but when it starts to become a daily or eve hourly habit it turns into a serious problem. An individual with this type of disorder could be embarrassed about it causing them to say that they are going to stop, but without treatment it is a very hard thing to stop.
Symptoms
The symptoms of binge eating disorder are different form bulimia, because an individual with bulimia would cope with overeating by doing something like vomiting or taking laxatives. An individual with binge eating disorder is likely to be obese or overweight. One of the main symptoms of binge eating disorder is eating large amounts of food in a certain amount of time. That amount of time would be called an episode. A person may have multiple episodes per week or even many episodes per day. Some other symptoms as listed on the mayo clinic website are; “felling that you’re eating behavior is out of control, eating even though you are full or not hungry, eating rapidly during binge episodes, eating until you are uncomfortable full, frequently eating alone or …show more content…
It is seen from a cognitive perspective because of the mental psychological issues such as; “over-evaluation of weight and shape, negative body image, core beliefs about self-worth, negative self-evaluation and perfectionism” (Connecting feelings, 2015). It is seen from a behavioral perspective because of the physical issues that are caused. These are issues such as; “weight-control behaviors including dietary restraint, restriction, binge-eating, purging behaviors, self-harm, body checking and body avoidance” (Connecting feelings,
Symptoms
The symptoms of binge eating disorder are different form bulimia, because an individual with bulimia would cope with overeating by doing something like vomiting or taking laxatives. An individual with binge eating disorder is likely to be obese or overweight. One of the main symptoms of binge eating disorder is eating large amounts of food in a certain amount of time. That amount of time would be called an episode. A person may have multiple episodes per week or even many episodes per day. Some other symptoms as listed on the mayo clinic website are; “felling that you’re eating behavior is out of control, eating even though you are full or not hungry, eating rapidly during binge episodes, eating until you are uncomfortable full, frequently eating alone or …show more content…
It is seen from a cognitive perspective because of the mental psychological issues such as; “over-evaluation of weight and shape, negative body image, core beliefs about self-worth, negative self-evaluation and perfectionism” (Connecting feelings, 2015). It is seen from a behavioral perspective because of the physical issues that are caused. These are issues such as; “weight-control behaviors including dietary restraint, restriction, binge-eating, purging behaviors, self-harm, body checking and body avoidance” (Connecting feelings,