Bulimia

Bulimia Nervosa


A person binges (consumes an abnormally large quantity of food in a short time), then tries to get rid of the food by some methods such as vomiting, using laxatives or diuretics, fasting or obsessive exercising. This is called the binge-purge cycle. A person can have symptoms of both anorexia and bulimia.

Eating disorders are psychological disorders that can have serious physical complications if not effectively dealt with. The most common eating disorders are Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. These disorders generally start from a fear of putting on weight. As soon as a sufferer starts to diet and watch their weight they set up an inner battle that can have devastating effects.

However, eating disorders can have many causes. It may seem strange but food is not one of them. There can be many underlying psychological factors behind this self-destructive condition. In fact all eating disorders are the result of misperceptions. Somewhere in the past a faulty thought pattern was created and the eating disorder is an unconscious attempt to cope with this unresolved emotional problem.

Once the disorder manifests as a distorted behavioural pattern it is very difficult to stop it because all attempts to fight this behaviour only makes it worse.

There is a law of the mind that states:

"Whenever the will and the imagination are in conflict, the imagination always wins"

That is why diets don't work. The more you tell yourself you are not allowed to have something the more you are going to crave it. You have to eventually give up this tortuous denial and go and binge on the forbidden substance. One of the most creative ways of solving the bingeing problem is to bring up the food.

Another law of the mind states:

"Whatever image you hold before you will come about"

If you are worrying about your weight you are also holding a negative image of yourself which, the subconscious mind is doing all in its power to achieve. The subconscious mind will bring about whatever image you hold whether you like it or not. You therefore create this permanent inner struggle that completely confuses the metabolic rate and the body's natural program to maintain a health weight.

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