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Binge Eating : The Pleasure and Pain

Binge Eating - Causes: behind the scenes

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The causes, largely unknown, seem to tickle the scientists and layman alike. Psychiatric disorders such as depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders are in tandem with this disorder. The reasons for this differ with a person's ability to deal with any associated emotional pressue from within the family or at work. Often people think that binge eating makes them masters of their moods; on the contrary, it is the reverse with moods controlling them. Potent triggers for binge eating are getting overtly hungry, and a feeling of deprivation and sometimes desperation.

Common Binge Eating causes include:

Mood Depression/Loneliness - Almost half of the binge eaters suffer from depression

Diet control/ Deprivation - People who indulge in extreme forms of dieting are more prone to this disorder.

Human Science - the biology behind human emotions and Binge Eating is complex and being investigated by researchers. The metabolism and the neurotransmitters involved are being studied. To date a conclusive explanantion eludes us to be able to know what causes it or what triggers the disorder.

It is thought that Binge Eating is caused by poor self -esteem. Binge eating disorder may also be a sequence to bulimia. Bulimia is another eating disorder that often goes unrecognized.


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