Compulsive Eating Disorder

Compulsive Eating Disorder is an illness characterized by a person's obsession with food, and periods of impulsive gorging or continuous food intake, thereby allowing their food consumption to become an addiction. The people with this eating problem typically use food as a way to escape from emotional issues or to mask pain or emptiness inside. Those with this disease also use compulsive eating as a coping mechanism with the daily stresses of life. Typically, those with Compulsive Eating Disorder attempt to comfort themselves with food and avoid emotionally painful situations.

People suffering with this psychological problem tend to be overweight, and are usually aware that their eating habits are abnormal. Those who struggle with compulsive eating are fully aware of their appearance and the risks involved with being overweight. Still, the process of binging continues because the disease is indeed psychological. The compulsive over-eaters tend to hide behind their appearance, using it as a shield to protect themselves from a potentially threatening world.

Diets do not seem to be the answer for while they may diet over a period of time, the cravings will return and they will find themselves powerless in the overwhelming sensation to binge eat, throwing any progress from dieting out the window. The cycle of dieting and bingeing behavior tends to repeat itself over and over again. When the sense of total failure reaches a peak, people with Compulsive Eating Disorder, give up dieting and self-esteem plummets leading to serious physical ailments. A person who is suffering with compulsive eating is at serious risk for a heart attack, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Also, those with this eating disorder may be plagued by arthritis and bone deterioration, kidney disease, and may be at a higher risk for diabetes.

If someone realizes they are dealing with a Compulsive Eating Disorder, it is time to get help. God's Word, the Bible promises that we can overcome all things when we turn to Christ and allow Him to be the One filling our needs, and the not dependency on food or anything that will eventually leave us empty again, as before. It will take having a personal relationship with Christ to have Him become the strength needed to overcome addictions. It is important to remember, "There is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Romans 8:1)

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