Triumphant
Journey:
A Cyberguide To Stop Overeating and
Recover from Eating Disorders
The addictive nature of overeating, the anguish, the
memory blanks, the inability to stop, the constant search for new diets, the
emotional highs of losing weight and the guilt and shame of gaining it back
seems to be consistent and rampant in our culture.
I found myself frustrated that many people looked for an
answer in diet and exercise programs. I got angry that desperate frightened
people were being promised answers via diets and exercise programs.
Reasonable diet and exercise programs, if followed
consistently, help provide a person with health and strength. But when programs
completely bypass such underlying issues of eating disorders, the programs are
doomed to fail.
The tragedy is that often the person doesn't know it was
the program that failed. The person with the eating disorder, already racked
with guilt and self-punishing thoughts, is certain that he or she was the
failure. This only perpetuates despair.
It's more apparent than ever that overeating and other
related behaviors (starving, compulsive exercise to work off calories, purging
through laxatives or vomiting, bizarre eating rituals) are attempts to soothe
emotional pain.
Most current research acknowledges that underlying causes
of overeating are complex and profound. Yet people still search for and are
being offered diets as answers.
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