B-EAT - Boys, girls, men and women from all backgrounds and ethnic groups can be affected by eating disorders.

Eating disorders are mental illnesses and can be a way of coping with feelings or situations that are making you unhappy, angry, depressed, anxious or worried.

Eating disorders are complex; there’s no single cause and not all symptoms will apply to all people. You may feel that you have a mixture of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder or even alternate between them. Some people also find they are affected by other mental health issues, an urge to harm themselves or abuse alcohol or drugs.

Even if you don't have these symptoms if you are worried and upset by something, anything, it is important you find someone to talk to. Don't bottle it up.

Sometimes people worry about talking to someone because they feel their eating disorder isn’t serious enough, they don’t want to worry people or waste their time, or because they feel guilty, embarrassed or ashamed. Whether your eating difficulties began recently, you’ve been struggling for a while or you’re finding yourself relapsing, you deserve support and with this support you can overcome your eating disorder. Eating disorders are illnesses and you deserve to have your concerns acknowledged respectfully, to be taken seriously and to be supported in the same way as if you were affected by any other illness.

Read on to discover more about the different types of eating disorders or how to access help and treatment as well as information and inspiration about recovery.:

Emotional overeating can be defined as eating large amounts of food in response to negative emotions (such as anxiety or depression) rather than physical hunger.

This kind of eating is used as a way of coping with, or silencing, a range of negative emotions. However, the feelings of guilt and shame which follow an episode of emotional overeating usually leave the person feeling worse rather than better.

As overeating can cause weight gain, over time emotional overeating can lead to further difficulties such as greater dissatisfaction with body image and diminished self-esteem.

Emotional Hunger:

• Comes on suddenly
• Feels like it needs to be satisfied instantly
•  A range of foods sound appealing
• Not satisfied with a full stomach
• Causes feelings of guilt, shame and powerlessness

Emotional Overeating - What do we know ?

During the summer of 2014, Beat carried out a national survey into emotional overeating. The purpose of the survey was to learn more about the personal experiences of people who are affected by emotional overeating, in order to gain a deeper understanding of the issue.

The survey was aimed at over 18s who binge eat, compulsively overeat, feel they have emotional eating issues and are obese or struggling with their weight. A total of 1017 responses were received, the key results of the survey are shown below:

• 85% of respondents said they have a negative body image of themselves.
• 79% felt pressure from society to lose weight.
• Of the respondents who saw their GP about their weight, only 21% were asked about their emotional health.
• 91% of respondents said they would like peer support, either in person or online, to help them with their emotional overeating.

B-Eat Emotional Overeating Survey Results

Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy Psychotherapy and Counselling can be used in combination to successfully help Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

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Acknowledgements

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Anxiety/Pages/Introduction.aspx

http://evidencebasedpsychotherapy.com/therapist-directory/name/peter-back/

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Eating-disorders/Pages/Introduction.aspx

https://www.b-eat.co.uk/

https://www.b-eat.co.uk/assets/000/000/383/Beat_EOSG_survey_results_original.pdf?1427212028

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng69

https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm