Results for Compulsive Eating

Suppressed emotions cause issues. I find that one of the most major roadblocks to healing compulsive eating is the suppression of anger.

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By Jacqueline Detwiler
When it comes to addiction, the brain region everyone talks about is the mesolimbic reward system. Located near regions involved in emotion, pain and decision-making, it’s a motivational circuit that normally encourages humans to pursue evolutionarily beneficial activities, like having sex, drinking water and eating
It does this by supplying little hits of dopamine and natural opioids…

How mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depressive disorder can affect family and friends.

Dr Luke Norman of the University of Michigan combined data from multiple studies to find the brain networks involved with OCD.

Compulsive overeating and sugar addiction are major threats to human health, but potential treatments face the risk of impairing normal feeding behaviors that are crucial for survival.

New research highlights the different triggers that may cause you to compulsively check your smartphone and offers suggestions that may help you to kick the habit.

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Q: I am a 7th grader working on an independent research project about whether using social media can be addictive and how using social media affects adolescent girls’ body image. What does the scientific research show? And how can I learn more about this?
~ Scrutinizing Social Media, Wellesley, MA
Dear Scrutinizing,
As a seventh grader, this is an important topic for you to research and to teach your friends about, since you are turning 13, the age at which you…

Are we willing to be spied on—and even humiliated—for the hyperefficient, compulsively clean transportation of the future?

Oct. 7, 2018—Do you know someone who struggles with a mental illness? It doesn't always show. A loved one, a co-worker—even the person you see in the mirror—could have a serious illness, like depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or an eating disorder, and you might not know it
It pays to be aware
Learning the warning signs of mental illness can be a crucial…

Neurological Lyme disease is a serious illness that has been linked to bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and obsessive compulsive disorders.

Scientists studied the brains of almost 500 patients with obsessive compulsive disorder.

Scans demonstrating brain network connectivity could be used to predict the long-term response of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder to cognitive behavioral therapy.

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By Samantha Gregor
In a tech-obsessed society where 500 million tweets are sent per day and 1.28 billion people use Facebook on a regular basis, how can you tell when your own love of “checking in” has gone too far? Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, Ph.D., technology expert and author of The Distraction Addiction, shares some of the most common signs that you should to sign off for a bit
You make elaborate desserts and projects just to Instagram…

Psychologists don't fully understand what makes someone a compulsive liar, but in certain cases it could be related to the level of impulsivity you were born with, or narcissism.

Sérgio Brodsky explores the ritualistic and compulsive behaviours of smartphone attachment that make it look very much like addiction and 'nomophobia'.

My children recently complained about how much time I spend on my phone, I didn’t realize how consumed I am by technology or the compulsive behavior. It feels excusable to be texting or reading the…

Show me an ADHDer and I’ll show you a compulsive internet user in the making. The internet has almost everything the ADHD brain craves – instant rewards, constant stimulation, endless rabbit holes of information to go down. What could possibly go...

I was curled up in bed in my darkened room, watching television. I should have been in class that day but didn't feel like going
That day was April 20, 1999, when 13 students and teachers were killed at Columbine High School. That tragedy only fueled the sadness inside me. I was overwhelmed. Anxious. I couldn't sit still. If I tried to relax, something inside would jump or twitch. It was awful.
Who knew one person couldn't handle two part-time jobs, church activities…

Millions of Americans are affected by a condition called skin picking disorder that is related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cognitive behavioral therapy can help, and there are also certain medications that may help some people; understanding what triggers the urge can help individuals address the issue.