Compulsive Overeating

This eating disorder is characterized by uncontrollable eating and consequent weight gain. Compulsive overeaters feel that food is their best weapon against their emotional turmoil and use food at generous proportion to cope up with their stress either at home or in the office. They are aware that their eating habits are abnormal and bad for their health, but they have no control over themselves.
Compulsive overeating generally begins in early childhood when eating habits and patterns are formed. It is found that compulsive overeaters are people who have never learned the proper and healthy way of eating. These people shun company as they feel that comparisons with others make them ugly, and unlike other eating disorders, a big number of males have this disorder.
They also try all possible diets to counter their heavy eating and bingeing. But they would never be able to get away from the cycle if they don't find a solution for the following problems:

• Binge eating
• Fear of not being able to stop eating voluntarily
• Depression
• Self-deprecating thoughts post binges
• Withdrawing from social activities due to embarrassment about weight
• Trying many different diets
• Eating little in public, while maintaining a high weight
• False belief that they will be a better person when thin
• Self-perception based on weight
• Social and professional failures attributed to weight
• Feeling beleaguered by eating habits
• Weight becomes their focus of life