
Research Updates On Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Disorder
Breaking Up With Binge Eating
Exploring the Link Between Self-Blame and Emotional Eating Recovery
Self-blame is a common behavior linked to emotional eating, which can impede recovery from binge eating disorder. Research indicates that improved self-blame is a crucial factor for long-term recovery. Individuals often use self-blame as motivation but fail to realize it hinders progress. Recovery involves a shift towards self-compassion and not obsessing over mistakes, leading to better outcomes. Long-term recovery requires addressing personal beliefs and traits, with self-compassion being a key component. Embracing self-compassion aids in preventing relapse and promoting overall well-being. Emotional eating is prevalent and linked to higher body weight, disordered eating, depression, and anxiety. Unhealthy coping mechanisms like catastrophizing and self-blame exacerbate emotional eating, while learning to decatastrophize and practice self-compassion can aid in recovery from emotional eating and binge eating over the long term.