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binge attacks
At rare times, I get binge attacks. It'll be something little, like white chocolate chips, but I'll eat and I'll eat them until I've gone through two bags by myself. Now, I a naturally thin person, but I am concerned with my binging. I don't get it a lot; twice a year tops; but I get really anxious about it. I want to stop and control myself, since I am normally a disciplined eater, but it's like my brain doesn't care and I swell up inside with so much anxiety that I give in and eat all the little chips or whatever it is. I try to stay away from these foods, but sometimes they pop up, like when my mom is baking, Hershey kisses in a bowl at my aunt's house, etc. I can't help myself. It may sound dumb, but I am perfectly serious; I feel like I have no control over what I eat from the time of my intial consumption until the food is gone. I just don't know what to do or how to stop it.
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Okay dont worry too much because it isnt all the time as you said once or twice a year.
If you feel like you are going to binge, take a few chips from the bag and give the rest to your parents of siblings. Its really just about trying to control yourself to eat a few and leave the rest.
If you find yourself eating more bags of chips just buy one, or if your parents buy them tell them to buy a flavour you dont like or buy small bags so if you binge you arent actually eating that many.
Hope this helped a little
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That's a tough one. Because it's so rare, it's more difficult to really pinpoint the reason behind it.
Can you think back to how you feel when you're wanting to binge? I mean, obviously you're craving the food. But how else are you feeling? What's going on in your world? Are you stressed? Tired? Guilty? Depressed? It's cliché, I know, but the reality is that binging is usually a reaction to emotion that we're trying not to deal with.
If you never allow yourself a treat, that's also potentially part of the problem. If you wait and wait until your cravings grow overwhelming, you're going to eat a lot more than if you had just a bit of what you want to begin with.
If you are thin, and it's not very frequent, is it even something you need to worry about? I think we all have those times when we just eat things that aren't healthy for us. Would it be easier if instead of fighting it, you gave yourself permission to eat such and such amount? Or told yourself that you'll go for a walk, and if you still want the food in ten minutes, you'll have some then?
It's not really an easy thing to fix, and it's hard to know what's going on in your head--for you too, I bet. But there are a few things to think about, anyway.
Best of luck.
-Daimeera, 21/f
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