When the reasons for our patients with weight problems are examined, we encounter excessive food consumption due to psychological reasons rather than organic-based reasons (slowed metabolism, hypothyroidism developing after Hashimoto's disease, development of insulin resistance, genetic predispositions and metabolic diseases), which are the source of excessive weight gain in most of them. When we leave out the organically caused weight gain, there is a psychologically based overeating behavior, which is especially common in female patients and relatively less common in male patients. Here, we are talking about consuming much more food than one's needs.
We see that the person performs the 'Eating Act', which is described as 'acting out', in the form of turning to food almost every time he feels bad. He finds the solution in food. Because these acts of eating are repeated over time, and because of the frequency of crisis periods caused by eating, and because of waking up at night and eating, people reach abnormal weights in a short time. Then they cling to harsh diet prescriptions, and some people do this as well. Unable to do so, he tries to survive by gaining more and more weight every year. It is also known that some people's "Eating Behavior Disorders" have an important place among psychological diseases. Demoralization, feeling bad, intense anxiety To fill the emotional void they fall into in situations where anxiety is intense, such as the feeling of loneliness and worthlessness, the feeling of emptiness and not knowing how to calm oneself, and as a way of consoling themselves, they set up camp in front of the refrigerator and eat, eat and eat and eat, going back and forth until they explode excessively...
So much so that we eat like crazy without looking at anything else, especially chocolate and its derivatives, which are known to be a source of endorphins. It is said that there is a tendency to relax by eating foods with lots of sugar / carbohydrates, which are very popular in our country, such as cuddling, cream cakes, pastries and donuts.
It is always possible to wake up at night and eat, all greed and anger are taken out of food, and one can eat by eating. It is a fact that he has made it a habit to relax and feel good, and to melt his anger in this way. We talk about a situation in which a person can only keep inside by eating these feelings, the emotions that he cannot express outside, the words that he cannot say, but by eating these emotions. And what he does is to feel as if he is solving his problems and trying to relieve his distress by eliminating the things that upset him. As a result, the price of behaving this way for days, months and even years stands in front of the person as a serious obesity problem. It may lead to existing life problems that he cannot cope with. Another problem, more serious and difficult than all of them, has been added. Most people can say that they have experienced a similar eating behavior, if not to this extent, but to a lesser extent, for a short time, during some challenging and stressful periods of their lives. Although it is limited within normal limits, pathological eating behavior is the same.
Apart from this type of eating pathology, ' We can sometimes see one or more of the other forms of Pathological Behavior in these people. They have personality problems and can make the person feel very depressed and cornered. During bad and unhappy periods, the person may engage in crazy behavior, such as excessive shopping, excessive alcohol consumption and even drug use, inconsistent and sudden sexual intercourse with the opposite sex, driving too fast, excessive and continuous exercise that may harm oneself. It should not be forgotten that the person who cannot bear to fill the void in his life, look inside himself and tolerate himself, will resort to the behavior that he feels will be best for him at that moment.
By going to extremes, acting out, It is done to prevent the feeling of emptiness.
Among such behaviors, overeating is undoubtedly the one that puts the person in the most difficult situation. As a result, the weight that gradually increases and new ones are added every year negatively affects the social life and relationships of our young patients and worsens their psychology. It also deteriorates and can also lead to unhappiness and even depression. There are not a few people who have spent years with this behavior and have lived with diet lists in their hands throughout their lives, and who say that they have spent almost their entire life on a diet. It is a common situation to be. The condition referred to as ORAL ADDICTION includes overeating and excessive smoking by the person.
While many people say that they cannot quit smoking because they are afraid of gaining weight, they are actually engaging in a kind of rationalization. It is clear that smoking is not the savior it is thought to be in terms of preventing eating. You should try to get rid of addictions such as overeating, smoking and smoking, which we call oral addictions, at an early age, live healthy and happily by eating as much as you need, and try to solve your problems instead of trying to endure the problems in your life that you cannot change and that you find difficult to tolerate by harming yourself.
Personality disorder, oral The best thing you can do for people who are stuck in addictive personality development periods is to get psychotherapy help and learn to treat their bodies better and love themselves. It is necessary to examine and try to solve "Eating Disorders" with supportive or dynamic therapy approaches. /p>
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