BULIMAREXIA: THE GORGE/PURGE CYCLE
WHAT IS BULIMAREXIA?
Bulimarexia is another increasingly common eating disorder, in which people
alternately gorge themselves with enormous quantities of food, and then
purge themselves of that food by vomiting, or by using laxatives or diuretics.
Like anorexia, bulimarexia afflicts young women mainly. And like anorexics,
bulimarexics are inordinately concerned with body image and attractiveness.
But bulimarexics are obsessed by and drawn to food like moths to
fire. Eating dominates their lives: the struggle to resist gorging themselves
that alternates with "caving in" to the impulse and then purging the intake
is a daily drama that generates shame, distress, and a sense of being dominated
by forces outside their own control.
Bulimarexics begin to binge and purge mainly as a way of dealing with the
stresses that arise from failures, anticipated or real, in their academic or social lives,
in order to avoid sex, or to get back at others. Gradually, however,
the habit becomes entrenched and responds to a spectrum of stimulus conditions:
happiness, sadness, stress, or excitement all come to elicit binging
and purging.
Anorexics often reject femininity, but bulimarexics embrace it. During
early adolescence, bulimarexics seem particularly concerned with having
boyfriends, more concerned than is usual for that age. That early concern
develops into a relentless desire to please men, to be perfect in their eyes,
and especially, to be attractive. That desire fuels the binging/purging cycle
(Boskind-White and White, 1983).
Treatment
Bulimarexics are quite secretive about their eating behaviors, frequently
feeling that they alone behave so shamefully. One result of this dishonest life
style is that bulimarexics tend not to have friends who could support their
resolve to break their cyclical habit. Because group treatment enables bulimarexics
to overcome their shame and to develop supportive relationships
with other women, it has generally been more successful than individual treatment.
Treatment emphasizes that the disorder is learned, and therefore
can be unlearned; that the payoffs for such behavior are few indeed; and that
there are more constructive ways of handling stress. Finally, such treatment
attempts to redefine femininity in more realistic and authentic directions.
Indeed, as treatment progresses, women often find that they have been dominated
by their own beliefs about what men find attractive, rather than being
genuinely responsive to men's feelings and desires (Boskind-White and White).
Bulimarexia is another increasingly common eating disorder, in which people
alternately gorge themselves with enormous quantities of food, and then
purge themselves of that food by vomiting, or by using laxatives or diuretics.
Like anorexia, bulimarexia afflicts young women mainly. And like anorexics,
bulimarexics are inordinately concerned with body image and attractiveness.
But bulimarexics are obsessed by and drawn to food like moths to
fire. Eating dominates their lives: the struggle to resist gorging themselves
that alternates with "caving in" to the impulse and then purging the intake
is a daily drama that generates shame, distress, and a sense of being dominated
by forces outside their own control.
Bulimarexics begin to binge and purge mainly as a way of dealing with the
stresses that arise from failures, anticipated or real, in their academic or social lives,
in order to avoid sex, or to get back at others. Gradually, however,
the habit becomes entrenched and responds to a spectrum of stimulus conditions:
happiness, sadness, stress, or excitement all come to elicit binging
and purging.
Anorexics often reject femininity, but bulimarexics embrace it. During
early adolescence, bulimarexics seem particularly concerned with having
boyfriends, more concerned than is usual for that age. That early concern
develops into a relentless desire to please men, to be perfect in their eyes,
and especially, to be attractive. That desire fuels the binging/purging cycle
(Boskind-White and White, 1983).
Treatment
Bulimarexics are quite secretive about their eating behaviors, frequently
feeling that they alone behave so shamefully. One result of this dishonest life
style is that bulimarexics tend not to have friends who could support their
resolve to break their cyclical habit. Because group treatment enables bulimarexics
to overcome their shame and to develop supportive relationships
with other women, it has generally been more successful than individual treatment.
Treatment emphasizes that the disorder is learned, and therefore
can be unlearned; that the payoffs for such behavior are few indeed; and that
there are more constructive ways of handling stress. Finally, such treatment
attempts to redefine femininity in more realistic and authentic directions.
Indeed, as treatment progresses, women often find that they have been dominated
by their own beliefs about what men find attractive, rather than being
genuinely responsive to men's feelings and desires (Boskind-White and White).
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Inpatient Treatment Residential Treatment Partial Hospitalization Day Treatment Outpatient Individual Therapy/Private Practice Medical Evaluation Nutritional Counseling Family Therapy Couples Therapy Group Therapy Support Groups Phone Counseling and Phone Therapy Distance Counselling
FOOD ADDICTION?
Learn why Impulse Control Treatments Counselor/Therapies may FAIL and discover a new Cutting Edge Method that WORKS...
You may not-yet-have-experienced…
…YOUR POWER TO CHANGE!
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