
Recognize binge eating disorder as the common yet overlooked US eating disorder, defined by recurrent large‑amounts eating with loss of control, distress, and no compensatory behaviors—now recognized in DSM V.
Explore the DSM-5 criteria and core features of binge eating disorder, including recurrent episodes and loss of control. Compare emotional eating, compulsive overeating, and food addiction to recovery options.
Explore how biological and genetic factors, environmental stressors, and psychological distress interconnect to cause binge eating disorder, including the binge-diet cycle, trauma, mood disorders, and impulse-control traits.
Explore the physical, emotional, and social effects of binge eating disorder, including weight gain, diabetes and heart disease risk, emotional distress, secrecy, and the time and financial costs.
Seek help for binge eating disorder by consulting a doctor or counselor and sharing with friends for support. Explore cbt, ipt, and dbt therapies; consider Vyvanse under supervision.
Explore coping tools for binge eating disorder, including journaling, alternative activities, and reaching out for support, to address underlying emotions rather than relying on food-restriction tips.
Embrace that recovery is not linear and relapse is part of the process, as you transform your thoughts, behaviors, and entire life.
This course offers hope for those struggling with binge eating disorder and those who believe they may be experiencing symptoms of binge eating disorder. It aims to provide one with further understanding into the intricacy of this mental illness, as well as necessary information for beginning or maintaining the recovery process.
This course explores:
Diagnostic criteria for binge eating disorder
Distinctions between binge eating disorder and overeating, emotional eating, and food addiction
Complex factors that play into the development of binge eating disorder
Effects of binge eating disorder on an individual's physical, mental, and overall health
Potential sources of emotional emptiness that one may turn to food to fill
Various methods of treatment used to aid those suffering from binge eating disorder
Strategies for utilizing healthier coping mechanisms upon the urge to binge eat
Relapse as a part of the recovery process and how one can attain lasting recovery
Above all, this course serves to provide clarity into binge eating disorder as a serious mental illness, as well as the encouragement for one to dig deeper into the underlying roots of their compulsive behavior. An individual can then take whatever steps are necessary to cope with binge eating disorder, develop a healthier relationship with food, and live a fuller life.
Lindsay Rossum has been in recovery from binge eating disorder for over four years and has been free from compulsive overeating for over two years. She is passionate about sharing her experiences with others to encourage them that there is hope and freedom from this disease. Lindsay now works as a recovery support specialist where she walks alongside others with mental disorders including eating disorders. Lindsay is a fan of rabbits (particularly her bunny, Lily), new stationery, and spending hours at coffee shops.