"Egg yolk pie is my favorite sweet, and when I was a child, my parents thought that sweets were bad for my teeth, so they strictly controlled my intake. This became a nightmare that bothered me when I grew up, and every time I ate the egg yolk pie, I couldn't stop, and even silently hinted to myself: eat it, or there will be no more chances. A person with binge eating disorder said to himself.
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Shinmei, who had been plagued by binge eating disorder for five years, finally came out. She vaguely remembers the scene of the first binge eating, that is, after nearly a month of dieting and losing weight and starving, in the company, in the surprise of the boss, she ate for more than an hour in a row, and when she returned home, she ate eight small breads in one breath... She was out of control.
Binge eating is one of the types of eating disorders. In order to get rid of this state, Xinmei begins to redeem herself. Slowly, she would flip through books related to bulimia, dancing, yoga, meditation, and after 17 consultations over a ten-month period, she saw the light of day.
When I was a child, I didn't let the egg yolk pie I ate become a "heart demon"
"I really thought binge eating would ruin me." After five years from 2014 to 2019, Xinmei broke away from the mud of bulimia, ate like a normal person, ate three meals a day, ate when hungry, and stopped when it was full.
"Egg yolk pie is my favorite sweet, and when I was a child, my parents thought that sweets were bad for my teeth, so they strictly controlled my intake." Xinmei said that this has become a nightmare that has plagued her when she grows up, and every time she eats the egg yolk pie, she can't stop, and even silently hints to herself, "Eat it all, or there will be no more chances."
Because of the extreme eating habits, Xinmei's body called the police: amenorrhea for 8 months. Progesterone hormones were injected, and the Chinese medicine was conditioned for two years before it returned to normal.
Li Ke, 33, has had a similar experience, having not eaten normally for four years. In 2017, she felt that she was too fat, so she dieted and even took laxatives, and she accurately counted calories in every food, eating only a little bit per meal, and her weight plummeted from 110 pounds to less than 80 pounds.
Li Ke began to lose hair, long spots, menstrual disorders, until 2018, she was sent to the hospital by her family because she could not walk, only to recover to 80 pounds after treatment, after being discharged home Li Ke began to overeat, a person can eat three people's meals, after eating too much and then feel guilty, choose to induce vomiting. Li Ke was trapped in a vicious circle of binge eating and dieting, and could not extricate himself. In December 2020, she was taken by her family to the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine of the Second People's Hospital of Hunan Province for treatment.
After a detailed physical examination and psychiatric examination by Director Yang Dong, Li Ke was emaciated, stopped menstruation for 1 year, lower limb puffiness, suggested malnutrition, and vomiting after long-term eating led to nutritional malabsorption. Based on her clinical presentation and related examinations, an eating disorder was diagnosed.
After the text was published, I received a lot of help from people with bulimia
"What is it like to have bulimia?" In Zhihu Gaozan's answer, there is a sentence, "I have a demon in my body." It tugged at my eardrums like crazy and shouted ' Give me, give it all to me'. I could only concede defeat on my knees. I don't want to, but I can't win, I can't win. ”
At first, Xinmei did not choose to seek medical treatment, she described herself as a person trapped in a glass, although the love of the people around her never stopped, but never touched her, "How to break the glass?" ”
She began flipping through books about binge eating disorder. Xinmei continues to broaden the boundaries of her knowledge, dancing, yoga, practicing meditation... At the beginning of 2019, Xinmei also found a suitable psychological counselor, and after 17 consultations in ten months, it was finally slowly dragged out of bulimia. Parents in early childhood have no time to care, lack of a sense of secure attachment, adolescent rebelliousness, and strained relationships with fathers. Xinmei longed for intimacy and longed to be loved, but at that time she insisted that thin equals beauty, and beauty is worthy of being loved, which was a puzzle that plagued her.
During the five-year battle against binge eating, words were the outlet of Xinmei's emotions, and during the epidemic at home, she worried that she was caught in the cycle of binge eating, and wrote a diary of nearly 30,000 words. She posted the text on multiple social media and received many private messages from people with bulimia asking for help. She decided to record a podcast with her friends to share her story and experiences.
Tips
How to prevent eating disorders
Reinvent the right values. Actively identify and intercept unreasonable concepts such as "thin equals everything" and "thin or dead".
Make a regular eating plan and follow it. Eat regularly and stop when you're full.
Choose fresh, healthy ingredients. Fresh fruits, vegetables and fish can be eaten more, and a healthy and balanced diet can be eaten. When eating, slow down and savor the taste of the food itself.
Exercise regularly and moderately. Exercise can boost metabolism, and exercise is not only good for the body, but also for the state of mind.
Develop hobbies and learn new skills. New hobbies and skills can take attention away from food and increase self-confidence. Volunteering, raising small animals, etc., can all have an effect.
Improve family relationships. Psychological studies have shown that low levels of self-esteem can lead to anorexia or bulimia in children. Parents should pay attention to the improvement of family atmosphere, tolerate and accept children, and express love to children in a timely manner.
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How to distinguish between binge eating disorder and eating disorder
Specifically, bulimia nervosa, anorexia, and bulimia disorders are all types of eating disorders.
"This type of disease is related to psychological factors, physical factors and neurological mechanisms, but it is more of a psychological problem." Yang Dong, director of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine of the Second People's Hospital of Hunan Province, explained that eating disorder is a mental and psychological problem about "eating" and "not eating", which mainly refers to a group of syndromes characterized by abnormal eating behavior and accompanied by excessive attention to food, weight and body shape.
In the classification of mental disorders, eating disorders are classified as "physiological disorders related to psychological factors", which is also a common type of psychosomatic disease in psychosomatic medicine, which can be mainly divided into "anorexia nervosa" and "bulimia nervosa". What both have in common is "fear of gaining weight", but anorexia is underweight, and bulimia is more than normal or even high.
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Most people with eating disorders are young women
"Binge eating is not a constant overeating, it's intermittent." Yang Dong, director of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Second People's Hospital of Hunan Province, recalled that most patients looked normal in appearance, and if they did not say anything, they might not have known that he had a disease. Many patients do not realize that they suffer from such diseases, and most of them have problems with physical function before they have the consciousness to go to the hospital for examination.
Director Yang Dong introduced that the cause of each patient is not the same, the proportion of men and women is also very large, the vast majority of eating disorders are young women, and adolescence is the main high incidence of eating disorders.
"Eating disorders are very harmful, and are one of the most lethal and disease-burdened diseases in psychiatry, especially anorexia nervosa." Yang Dong reminded that eating disorders often lead to physical complications, which may be involved in various organ systems. At the same time, eating disorders are often comorbid with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, personality disorders and other mental disorders, and the comorbidity rate is high.
Xiaoxiang Morning Post reporter Zhang Shubo, intern Liu Yilin, Yuan, correspondent Nie Wei, Reported by Changsha
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