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Most people overeat at some point or another but some people often feel guilty when eating more than necessary. Eating a large amount of food does not necessarily mean a person has a compulsive eating disorder but experts believe most people with the disorder often eat unusually large amounts of food and feel the obsession is out of control. People with a compulsive eating disorder may also include the following signs:

• Eating faster than normal during binge episodes
• Eat until uncomfortably full
• Eating a large amount of food even when not hungry
• Eating in secret because of being ashamed or embarrassed about eating in front of others
• After an episode of compulsive overeating a person feels ashamed, disgusted, depressed or guilty

Binge eating occurs in another eating disorder called bulimia nervosa. People with bulimia nervosa will also engage in purging, fasting or doing excessive exercising after a period of binging. Purging involves a person abusing laxatives or vomiting in order to remove the food from the body to keep from gaining weight. Fasting involves not consuming food for at least a period of 24 hours if not longer. Purging, fasting and over-exercising are not healthy ways to maintain a healthy body weight and can cause dire consequences if left to continue without proper treatment. The disorder while similar to compulsive eating is still very different.

Compulsive eating disorder is a bit more common in females than in males and does not affect any one ethnic group more so than others. People who are obese and have a compulsive eating disorder often got overweight from a younger age than someone who does not have the disorder. It is also common for someone with this disorder to yo-yo and lose and gain weight which can also be unhealthy for the body.

Experts can not pinpoint the exact causes of a person developing an eating disorder. As many as half the people suffering from an eating disorder report feelings of depression at some point but the reasons for why this happens are unknown. Whether or not a person develops depression from binge eating does not matter, the important thing is for the person to seek the help of a professional eating disorder treatment center to break the pattern and deal with the many different facets surrounding an eating disorder.

It is also not known if dieting and a compulsive eating disorder are inner related, some people overeat while dieting which can be related to one another. To diet many people often skip meals or do not eat enough food during the day or avoid certain types of foods this is unhealthy and actually puts the body into starvation mode. Studies have shown that a person with a compulsive eating disorder have trouble handling emotions and eat in order to deal with stress and anxiety, this is as common with compulsive eating as it is with bulimia and can lead to unhealthy consequences.

There can be certain behaviors and characteristics that are more commonly witnessed in people with eating disorders. The behaviors can include alcohol abuse, drug addiction, impulsive behavior and other dangerous circumstances. Research has also indicated people with binge/compulsive eating disorders experience health problems, sleeping disturbance, suicidal thoughts and depression. People who binge or compulsively eat often feel inadequate and can miss social activities, work or school to be able to binge eat. These behavior patterns need to be broken in order for a person to realize how bad an eating disorder can be and how important it is to seek and receive professional help from a compulsive eating disorder treatment center.

Medical researchers are also currently investigating a possible link between brain chemistry and compulsive eating disorder. It is known that people who have the disorder may gain weight become obese and experience many devastating long-term health-related complications as a result. The need for professional eating disorder treatment should never be negated or minimized it is a very serious problem which requires immediate help.

A professional compulsive eating disorder treatment program can mean the difference between a good quality of life and someone being caught up in a hopeless cycle which results in devastation and utter destruction. Most times a person who has a compulsive/binge eating disorder will be unable to break the cycle alone and does not know how to effectively handle the varying facets but this can happen with the right treatment program. Never be afraid of asking for and seeking help it is the only way to begin the journey to healing and recovery and finding the quality of life everyone deserves to have.