What happens to these people is they feel temporary better while they are in the clinic or in a doctor's room, but lose all sense of self-control around food when they come back home or while on their own and unprotected.
The next way of treatment is group therapy where sufferers are supposed to get ongoing support and help from other sufferers and a group leader. But this way has many flaws and is not helpful either: it can actually become harmful to many sufferers.
The reasons of this are that while in the group there is often a competition for attention. In the group patients often deliberately get worse or engage in more symptoms just to get extra attention from each other or the therapist. This kind of competition always exists in eating disorder help groups but on many different levels. Sometimes it can get out of control and cause a lot of harm to some members of the group, the most venerable ones.
Also, while in the group people learn from each other. And they learn not necessary only the good things. They learn a lot of bad stuff too.
Like say if a young woman has never heard of drinking ipecac to induce vomiting and learns this technique in group therapy. She may try the technique out herself at home; instead of getting positive help she has just learned how to mask her disorder even more. This can also have a detrimental effect on the group leaving the group leader or member feeling responsible for teaching her.
Some doctors prescribe drugs to treat eating disorders but this also does not fix the problem and in the long run even makes things worse.
The only way to cure bulimia in my opinion is to eliminate the reason why people have it. You see what happens is that people understand that their bulimia is slowly killing them and want to stop but they can't.
It seems like something inside the person is stronger than their own free will and controls their logical thinking. What is this something?
It is basically another part of our brain called the subconscious mind that not only is responsible for people's feelings, emotions and non-conscious actions that keep them alive, but it can also work against your own free will.
It is the part of the mind that is responsible for our actions when we do something but we don't know why we did it. The subconscious mind operates on feelings and senses. And very often people can't even describe it logically because it consists of thoughts and feelings. Sufferers just do what the subconscious mind wants them to do.
So,the main reason people have bulimia lies in the subconscious mind and to stop bulimia one needs to get rid off the subconscious blockages that always keep you being a bulimic against your will.
Subconscious blockages are described by many sufferers as being like voices or senses they have that make them binge and purge.
If someone has a subconscious emotional blockage preventing her/him from stopping their bulimia, they are unlikely to realize it. An example of this is a bulimic who doesn't realize that they have "broken eye syndrome" - they see in a mirror a different picture from everyone else: basically their own mind is lying to them.
Subconscious blockages cannot be identified and changed at the rational thinking level; this is where most conventional treatments fail: simply because they think logical actions will fix it.
For example, the "broken eye syndrome" gets worse and worse the longer you have bulimia, because the bulimic brain is constantly working on false information and is reinforcing false beliefs. You can talk logic to a bulimia sufferer all day long and it will not help one bit: because bulimia is not logical.
To conclude, identifying and eliminating your subconscious blockages is the best and really the only way you will ever cure your bulimia. There are special programs that help bulimics to do this. You can try to use them to cure bulimia.
If you suspect you may have bulimia or another eating disorder or been diagnosed with bulimia nervosa, there are some steps you can take to get headed in the right direction and these are some of my best tips to help you recover. You can control your eating habits and prevent your emotions from controlling your life. Think of bulimia (and/or anorexia) as addictions or habits that you can take into your own hands.
Continuing on in any overeating, gorging, binging, purging, vomiting, taking laxatives, taking diuretics, fasting or compulsive eating can severely affect your health and cause permanent health problems that cant be reversed. Stop any damage now!
Health problems or bulimia symptoms or side effects can include sore throat, eroded tooth enamel, swollen lymph glands in the neck and under the jaw, sensitive teeth, acid reflux issues, colon problems from laxatives, kidney problems from diuretics and dehydration.
The first step is to admit to yourself that you have a problem whether youre a teen or adult, male or female. Do not keep it secret. See your doctor as soon a possible for a complete physical so you can determine what you current state of health is. You need to find out if you have any health conditions that need to be attended to. Avoid taking drugs or medications, if possible, and try to pursue your road back to health naturally. Let your family members know and your closest friends too, if possible, to enlist their support.
Its important to get counseling from experts in bulimia nervosa to get to the cause of your bulimia and how to treat your bulimia. Your doctor may have some referrals. If not, seek out local health organizations for support groups. Attend a bulimia support group to find out what health professionals other bulimics are seeing and what their experiences and stories are. These will be people who will understand what youre going through and you can get some good insight into what steps you can take that will help you.
Check with your HMO or health insurance provider to see if youre covered under your current policy. If not, find out from the support groups what other options you can get locally or in your community. You may be able to get free bulimia counseling.
Make a list of all your problems, stresses and worries. Try to determine which problems are causing you to be bulimic. Also make a list of all the blessings or good things in your life. Remember that everyone has problems and you can change how you view them.
Try to find ways to laugh more and incerase your supply of endorphins. Are you depressed? If so make a list of what is depressing you. Try to handle depression naturally without any drugs. Look at ways to solve the problems that are of the most concern to you and ways to solve them.
Dont be afraid to let go of your bulimia eating pattern. Try to get a handle on your eating and think about adopting a living food diet. A raw food diet of fruits and vegetables will help turn your health around fast and help you focus on living a healthy lifestyle. You want to avoid permanent digestive problems.
The best bulimia treatment is what the best treatment is for you. The treatment should involve psychological counseling and treatment from health professionals who are skilled in eating disorders. You are not alone. Get help from your doctor, eating disorder treatment doctor, eating disorder or bulimia counselors, support groups and consider going to an eating disorder treatment center or clinic where you can get to the core of the problems that are causing your bulimia.
You dont want to try to solve this by yourself. Read the newest books on bulimia to find out the latest therapies. Changes in bulimia treatment are made all the time. Statistics show you can get help and completely recover from bulimia and regain your self if you act now. Do it before you suffer from lifelong physical health problems. You are not alone. You can recover. You can cure yourself. You can do it! Many others have. Take action now!
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