Bulimia Anorexia | Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy

Bulimia Anorexia

 An eating disorder is a type of illness that results in extreme disturbances in someone’s everyday diet habits.  It can be on one side of the scale where someone eats very tiny amounts of food or at the other end of the spectrum where they eat large amounts of food.  It is a condition that literally takes over a person’s life and may or may not be intertwined with other conditions such as substance abuse or depression.

About Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are extremely serious as well as complex conditions that affect a person mentally and physically.  Without any course of treatment, these disorders may lead to physical ailments, mood swings and even death.

What Are Eating Disorders?

Bulimia and anorexia nervosa are the two main eating disorders.  Bulimia occurs when overeating becomes a compulsion.  Then after you overeat, you try to get rid of the guilt and the calories by purging or exercising.  This is a powerful and never ending cycle that takes a toll on your physical and emotional well being.  The signs of purging are heading to the restroom after each meal.  If you notice a friend or loved one who rushes to the bathroom after they eat or they run the water often to disguise the vomiting, this may be a sign of purging.  Other signs of purging include using laxatives or enemas after eating or vigorous exercising.

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that is extremely complex.  Anorexia has three distinct features which are a fear of gaining weight, refusal to keep a healthy body weight and a distorted body image.  Signs of anorexia include lying about eating or pretending to eat, obsession with calories and obsessive dieting.

What Is Binge Eating?

Binge eating is not overeating at Christmas dinner or eating that extra piece of chocolate pie.  The fact is that binge eating goes way beyond that.  For  those binge eaters, overeating is a part of everyday life.  It is something that they cannot control no matter how much they may try.

What Is Comfort Eating?

Comfort eating is beyond eating to fill a hunger need,  but yet it is something that is turned to for comfort or to relieve stress.  The problem is that comfort eating does not comfort people and doesn’t fix any problems.

Facts About Eating Disorders

Four out of every five women in the United States are unhappy with the way they look.  Three out of every four women think they are overweight but the reality is that only one out of four needed to engage in weight loss.  The average girl starts dieting by the age of 8 years old.  Weight control is tough but dealing with an eating disorder is even tougher.

If you are looking to find hypnotherapy in Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead or Sunderland, contact clinical hypnotherapist Ian Smith. Hypnotist Ian Smith has had many years of professional experience in helping people with eating disorders.

Ian Smith (Distinction) D.Hyp  T.F.T  M.U.F.H  M.A.A.H  U.K.C.H.O  N.R.H  C.I.S.H
Quays Clinic of Hypnotherapy in North Shields

Telephone: 0774 3353367.