Results for Compulsive Eating

In the days before a period, it is common to eat compulsively. Some tips and strategies can help prevent these cravings. Learn more here.

Brendan Fraser will star in 'The Whale,' directed by Darren Aronofsky, about a reclusive man with a compulsive eating disorder.

A new study finds evidence that the brain has different circuits for compulsive eating and for eating for survival. That’s...

I know buying everything and obsessively thinking it'll turn me into a better me is just chasing another high. Maybe it's a problem, but maybe it's just who I am.

Compulsive Behaviors Many individuals engage in excessive use of otherwise healthy aspects of their life, such as exercise, work, food, sex, and spending. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Sexual addiction has become part of the pop-culture vocabulary. Americans are drowning in credit card debt. Couple’s frequently seek our services due to one of the partners… Read More

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Occasional binge drinking isn't uncommon, but around30 percent of all adults exposed to alcohol go on to engage in compulsive drinking behaviors despite adverse effects and consequences, a major feature of alcohol use disorder.

Gambling isn't like alcoholism or drug addiction—someone can have a gambling problem and go undiagnosed for years.

For some people, the desire to shop becomes an outright compulsion that causes serious problems in their lives.

Everybody shops. It’s how we get necessities like food and clothing, and luxury items like cell phones and home decor. Now more than ever, it’s easier to buy things with 24-hour online shopping, but when does shopping become compulsive buying?

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) awareness week occurred from October, 11th to October 17th. Although this week has passed, the awareness efforts are ongoing, writes Aoife O’Rourke.

As mentioned in my previous post, after reading DSM -5 there are three Cluster C disorders: Avoidance Personality Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Dependent Personality Disorder Having covered dependent personality disorder, now I...

Between the ages of 12 and 14 I was afflicted with obsessive compulsive disorder, though I didn't fully know it at the time. It wasn't until years later ...

Can sex become compulsive? Can it be an addiction? Like most behaviors, sex can be taken to its obsessive (thoughts) and compulsive (behaviors) extremes. Sexual obsessions and compulsions are recurrent, distressing and interfere with daily functioning. Many people suffer with these problems. It has been historically more difficult for those suffering from Compulsive Sexual Behavior (CSB) to get the appropriate help they need. For those who…

Does your child have: Persistent, disturbing worries, doubts, or fears? Unreasonable, repetitive religious rituals? Uncontrollable, inappropriate thoughts or mental images? Habits or patterns of behavior that interfere with daily life?

Researchers found that compulsive buying has similar impulses to drug and alcohol addiction.

OCD is an anxiety disorder. It is characterized by having obsessive thoughts and or compulsions. Obsessions can be persistent ideas, images, thoughts or impulses that cause great discomfort and excessive worry and anxiety. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that are in response to the obsessive thoughts. These repetitive acts are done to relieve or prevent anxiety and severely affect someone’s ability to function on…

Kids with OCD are good at hiding their rituals, and these compulsions are even harder to spot when they aren't physical, but mental.

A person with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) faces recurring obsessions that lead to compulsions, like repetitive behaviors or rituals. Failure to adhere to these rituals and habits can cause great distress.

This week, The WAGER reviews a study that compared women experiencing compulsive buying to women with gambling disorder.