Many people have had the experience of overeating, such as at dinner parties and celebrations. However, for patients with binge-eating disorder (BED), overeating in daily life is a common problem. It’s a behavior that can’t be stopped, but makes you feel regretful and helpless. What are the symptoms of binge eating disorder and what impact it will have on the body and mind. The following will introduce you to and provide treatment methods.

What is bulimia?

Bulimia is an eating disorder in which patients regularly eat large amounts of food in a short period of time until they can no longer eat anymore. For patients with bulimia, although they feel happy at the moment of eating, they will feel extremely guilty, painful or ashamed afterwards because of fear of being fat. Therefore, some people use unhealthy methods to clear out food, such as inducing vomiting or taking laxatives. This behavior of purging after eating is also known as Bulimia nervosa (also known as psychogenic bulimia). People with bulimia often experience the following five behaviors and feelings.

1. Can eat a lot of food in a short period of time, even when not hungry.
   
2. It is difficult to control food intake or stop eating, and will always eat until full.
   
3. I hate eating in public because I am afraid that others will see how much I eat.
   
4. Feeling self-loathing, depressed, or extremely guilty after binging.
   
5. Binge eating occurs at least once a week on average and lasts for 3 months.

Causes of Bulimia and Predisposing Groups

Bulimia is more likely to occur in adolescent women, because most women in this period are very concerned about their body shape. Even if they meet the standard weight, they strive to lose weight due to psychological disapproval. They may also overeat due to long-term accumulated stress. To numb emotions. Most patients with bulimia have perfectionism, are not good at relieving stress, and are also accompanied by other mental illnesses, such as depression (also known as depression), anxiety (Anxiety), or habitual drug abuse, alcoholism, etc. However, behind these problems may be related to the patient’s physical and mental suffering or abuse, or stress imbalance. In addition, if family members have had eating disorders, they are more likely to suffer from the same disease.

The physical and mental state and treatment of bulimia

Bulimia patients have low self-esteem and self-loathing, and are extremely afraid of obesity. In addition to liking to eat alone, they often have the habit of hoarding food or stealing in private. Physically, your weight may fluctuate frequently, you may often exercise excessively or try extreme weight loss methods, which may lead to gastrointestinal and esophageal diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), and your teeth may also be damaged by gastric acid erosion. If you are suffering from bulimia, please remember that you are not alone. Many people in the world are just like you. Please seek medical advice from a psychosomatic or psychiatrist as soon as possible. If left unchecked, your physical and mental health will deteriorate day by day. .