Posted by mmorand on July 24, 2010
For this week’s article I am responding to a question from a reader, Anna, who, after reading last week’s article, Back to Basics, wanted some more specific information on how to overcome nighttime binging.
“I get an overwhelming sense that I need to eat at bedtime. It is almost like an obsession. I have not figured out what thought is triggering this yet. (At other times of the day it seems easier to figure out the thoughts that precede such events.) If I assume it is really hunger and decide to have something small, I am right into a binge and cannot stop with a reasonable amount. Any ideas?”
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Tags: all-or-nothing thinking, anxiety, anxious, binge, binge eating, body image, boredom, bulimia, compulsive eating, drill sergeant, exploring, insecurity, learned helplessness, nighttime binging, overeat, restlesness, stressors, triggers, using food to cope
Posted in: 2010, CEDRIC Centre, Relationship with Others, Relationship with Self
