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Written by Natasha Tracy

Recovery From Binge Eating Disorder

It's necessary to understand why a person compulsively overeats before the behavior itself can be changed, so therapy is the first step to attaining recovery from binge eating disorder and learning to stop binge eating.

"There are so many scary feelings that a person doesn't know how to deal with. They can't make sense of it. It's very overwhelming. So, it's easier just to go back to the food," says Latimer.

Those who engage in compulsive overeating and are obese risk:

• Heart problems
• Stroke
• Breathing problems
• Musculature problems

And ultimately shortened life expectancy.

With binge eating disorder treatment though, compulsive eating disorder can be brought under control, explains Poppink,

"When we overeat, if we recognize that we are feeling something that we do not know how to accept, then we have the guiding tool to recovery. Then we can look in our lives, in our dreams, in our last conversation and try to find what it was that made us try to run away to oblivion for safety. Once we're on that path, there is no limit to the degree of healing and personal development we can achieve."

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