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Compulsive Overeating — The Other Eating Disorder

by Brooke Finnigan

Thin is in. And teenagers, the most ardent and susceptible followers of popular culture, are paying attention. The underlying message is clear: life in the thin-lane means automatic acceptance, success and approval. All too often, however, the pursuit of thinness becomes a lifelong struggle with weight.

Exploring Alexithymia

By Michelle Morand, MA, RCC

Now bear with me here. I'm going to take you on a bit of a journey, in order to explain a very important part of your recovery process. If you were sitting in my office, I'd be leaning over and beginning to draw a diagram on my white board to illustrate this piece of information, and you'd be laughing at my poor artistic ability.

What is Orthorexia Nervosa?

By Brooke Finnigan

Orthorexia Nervosa is a term coined by Dr. Steven Bratman, who first published his insights to the readers of Yoga Journal in 1997. Bratman, a physician who utilizes dietary medicine in his practice, and, a long time proponent of the health food movement, wrote about his experiences, and how the impulse to be healthy can be taken to dangerous extremes.

Pro-anorexia and Pro-bulimia

What is Pro-Anorexia Anyway?

Pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites are predominantly designed and used by young women in their teens. The sites combine personal stories, poetry, bulletin boards, and tips dedicated to sharing experiences around anorexia and bulimia. And while the websites do provide support, the nature of the support revolves around enabling it's users to remain eating disordered.

Disordered Eating

Warning Signs & Strategies

As parents, you are on the front lines with your children, who are being bombarded constantly by peer and media messages that tout the thin ideal. Unless you emigrated as an adult from a culture with more realistic feminine and masculine ideals, you also will have been inundated with messages about what is right, and what is wrong, regarding food, body size and shape.

Food is not the Problem: Deal with what is!

Compulsive Overeating — The Other Eating Disorder

Exploring Alexithymia

What is Orthorexia Nervosa?

Pro-anorexia and Pro-bulimia

Disordered Eating