The Most Common Eating Disorder You've Never Heard Of
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- When you think about an eating disorder, you might imagine restricting or purging food. But the most common eating disorder has nothing to do with either of those, and chances are you’ve never heard of it.
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"When you think of binging, you probably think of watching like 6 episodes on netflix in a day?"
Me: ... only 6 episodes?...
Yeah 6 is still just "watching Netflix"
Maybe he meant 6 seasons?
It's more like 12 hour watching sessions for me!
@@johncrocker8927 that must be it. Surely my behaviour of a season or two a night is completely normal. Yes. He must have meant seasons.
@@jacobmortimore lol some friends of mine once decided to do an LOTR extended edition marathon... I don't believe they made it through return of the king
When I learned about eating disorders in school, my health teacher told us to skip reading the section on binge eating disorder and refused to define it for us because "it's not a real disease." Hopefully awareness has increased (and will continue to increase) since then.
Got to love those teachers who unashamedly let their personal pregnancies influence their teaching :/
**frowns** I wanna give this a thumbs down cause I'm mad at what your teacher said, but that doesn't seem to be right, since you want awareness increased. So instead I'm expressing my dissent down here.
Teacher:
Also teacher: I dislike this small part so it’s not real.
Students, thinking: Wow, much credible...
My p.e. teacher skipped over sex education because she thinks it was immoral ಠ_ಠ
Teachers like those, and society in general, should really take a course in general empathy. Just because you don't think it's real doesn't mean that it's affecting those that you exert authority and influence over. If you gloss over something like that, people with BED will feel ashamed which only worsens their mental state. It's so weird people like those are put in a position of power without a didactics/pedagogy course based on scientific research.
I have a binge eating disorder. People still think it’s just having no willpower. I’ve had a lot of trauma and it was and is socially acceptable by many.
Kinda same with anorexia. Some people say it's just a strong willpower. Hope people will educate themselves about ED's.
I called mine "depression eating", and often the food (and the sick, overfull feeling) was the only thing I could feel. Everything else was just numbness.
I know a lot of people say they feel numb. My SO is a barely functioning addict and he drinks and does drugs to "feel something." I feel nothing but I also feel everything. When binging I can space out and not "think".
SomeBigFatGuy I totally relate to this, sometimes when you feel nothing at all, it feels good to just turn off your brain and just consume to feel something
i agree. when you feel numb or depressed and you eat constantly, it feels like you fill the void in your soul... :( *sigh*
Interesting. I use the food coma to numb myself to other, more unbearable feelings of abandonment. Like you press your nails into a tick bite to make your body forget the itchiness for the pain.
:(
So glad you guys did an episode on this. More people need to understand this. I'm still suffering from the effects of BED with severe depression and anxiety and so many people just think they can throw a diet at me and "fix" my problem. I really wish people would get it in their heads that it's not that simple.
Having seen its help firsthand, if it feels impossible to control, there is a possibility that it is due to ADHD, in which case, medication may be that "silver bullet". I hope this helps, but regardless, good luck, and lots of love ❤️
You are not alone in this, I know how it is and it truly sux
that why i don't think it's an eating disorder, because the real cause is a mental state of anxiety or depression
tzviru it’s not specific to being diagnosed with those disorders though, which is why it’s classified as a separate eating disorder.
But yes hello hi, I forced myself to start binging on salads and vegetables/fruits half the time because until I can get this fixed, might as well try to incorporate healthier food choices. I’m not cured but I lost some weight, maybe when planning a binge pick some healthier stuff? It was not easy for me to do myself so it may seem impossible, but it’s worth a shot. And now, because I can tell people I eat hella salads, they shut up about dieting.
Thank you for making this and raising awareness.
My doctor had never heard of BED, and when I was finally diagnosed and referred to the local eating disorder team, they wouldn’t take my case. Why? It wasn’t anorexia or bulimia. That left me feeling like my disorder simply didn’t count, that the fact I was eating myself into an early grave wasn’t serious enough. I’m not even 30 and have weight-related hypertension, as well as severe mobility issues, but I don’t purge so I’m not “sick enough”. The waiting list for counselling was over a year long, so I started self-CBT, and I’m proud to say I have reduced the frequency of and volume consumed in my binges. I can now focus on losing half my body weight.
I’m so grateful for the NHS, but they are so underfunded that people like me can’t get the help they desperately need. People are slowly inching closer towards an early death because of BED, and few people know about it. Fewer seem to care.
Can you recommend any books or resources?
Can you get in to see a regular therapist and work with them? I’m American, so I’m not that familiar with your NHS, but here if you get in to see one doctor, you can sometimes get referred to see someone quicker than if you contact the clinic. Your other health problems should qualify you to see specialists for them. Maybe they can formally recommend therapy as part of your treatment.
As a child i would hide food in my room. I would make those tostidos pizzas and eat it in the middle of the night. I would ravage the cabinet that had gushers in it when they were there for our family vacations. Food in my house growing up was used as a reward. Friday nights were treat nights and we could choose between taco bell or ice cream. As a result i have stuggled being an overweight woman constantly wanting to change. I had a breif point in my life where i lost a ton of weight and i would do anything to loose that weight again. Therapy sounds like a great idea. Thank you. And to anyone reading this who understands what im talking about..
You are not alone.
Me too..sorry that you also struggle, hope you can heal and can find peace with food. Therapy definitely helps! For me, I'd save all my chore money and buy as much candy and junk at the store on my way home from school and eat it all in shame after dinner. I come from a small poor town where most people over-indulge on the regular(everyone has a deep-fryer in their house), so no one ever noticed because I also did a lot of sports. It turned to bulimia when I was 10 when my figure skating coach commented that I would get fat if I ate the whole pizza that I picked up after school on my way to the rink. I always thought that bulimia and restricting were the beginning of my ED, but the food hoarding and eating it all in secret was really where it all started. Shame is an awful beast.
I hate to tell you this, but the breakthrough moment for me in overcoming BED was giving up on wanting to lose weight. It's a tough pill to swallow, but binging is a normal response to deprivation. Practicing Intuitive Eating and learning to trust my body and listen to its own internal cues, has meant I'm now three years binge free. I'm just as fat now as when I started. But prior to learning IE I was constantly weight cycling. Lose 10 lbs, gain 15. Lose 20 lbs, gain 25. Lather, rinse, repeat. And any doctor will tell you that weight cycling is the worst thing you can do. Intuitive Eating let me get of the weight cycling roller coaster and find peace with food.
It sounds like you got the double whammy of a naturally strong reward response to eating and a family that reinforced that. I think therapy could definitely help you. Make sure you are completely honest with them, and tell them your family history, habits, triggers, preferred food types, and feelings before, during, and after a binge, etc. Good luck!
me and my brother tend to binge when there is food becuse sometimes mom won't go to the store for days so we eat anything we can find including moms snacks wich then we get yelled at for eating even tho there was nothing else to eat. I alredy struggle with eating so this is making it worse. I fear this is really effecting my little brother and will for the resr of his life.
luna Fairywolf That sounds like child neglect to me. Maybe you could tell the police or an adult you trust?
I've struggled with this in the past as a comorbid condition with depression. I still sometimes go a little overboard with bedtime snacks, but both are currently well under control.
"you've never heard of"
hahaha
my stomach hurts. severely
Hope you'll get better soon :(
“You’ve never heard of” I wish
Hank's adorably awkward introduction for Anthony was amazing. My new favourite thing is the freeze-frame of Anthony looking panicked for the first 7 frames we can see his face as Hank drags him on screen. Welcome to the team, Anthony!
Hank literally pulling Anthony in made me laugh. Welcome! I'm always so excited for all the new ideas (and people) SciShow has to offer.
Welcome to the team Anthony :) looking forward to learning cool stuff with you!
(hope i spelled your name right
I'm looking forward to enjoying beatboxing once in a while in scishow episodes ;-)
Victor Titov Yup, it’s a thing now, he has to keep it up 😂
You did.
Thank you so much for talking about this. No one really does and makes you feel like it's your fault and lack of self control. But I don't even remember eating or enjoying all the eating. And the guilt. So much guilt afterwards. I'm gonna send this to my parents.
Also, Welcome Anthony. You're cute. Looking forward to learning with you.
I’ve been living with Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia since childhood, and this is very validating that y’all are starting a conversation about this. Thank you.
It's great that they do this, I had the same when they made a video about ARFID, I finally could put a name on what I have.
I don't know if this is any help, but I hope you're doing well. If you ever feel the need to talk about it I'm willing to listen and talk.
I tried bulimia but had so much trouble rrying to throw up. Ipecac didn't even work. As of now I haven't been able to throw up for 27 years. (last time was a really bad case of food poisoning-felt sick for two weeks).
@@cyanidejack1013 I guess you can't "try" an eating disorder.
This is literally the second eating disorder that comes to mind for me
Wow, literally the second one?
I don think it’s that unheard of, but the video is still very informative about BED
Literally the second one
Same here. Anorexia, binge eating, then bulimia.
Thank you for bringing awareness to this. I have struggled with binge eating disorder since late middle school (2010ish) I’m doing much better now after attending a partial hospitalization program and an outpatient program but like any eating disorder, it’s never fully gone... hiding in your subconscious until it notices a weakness. What many people in my life didn’t understand originally is that it’s not a choice or me being greedy. It’s a compulsion that leads into a pendulum of binging and restricting that chips away at both my mental and physical health. I wasn’t eating because I wanted to or because the food tasted good. At a certain point all food starts to taste bad but when you can’t stop, the guilt, hopelessness, depression, anxiety, anger become overwhelming. It’s a tough demon to battle but I want others to know that you can get through it ❤️
I heard that guy beatbox and forgot half the episode. That was really impressive!
Lol that was really dope, he wasn't even nervous idk how people can do that!
What are you talking about??
@@catmann8276 you didn't watch the whole video.
@@queenditty2783 Oh.
Oh no, I'm sorry.
I've had major depression disorder since over 10 years and till about 2 years ago had BED for 2 years. It's very real and it's a living hell. It made my depression worse which then made me binge more and I was stuck in a never ending cycle. After about getting CBT for a year and some critical real life events and realisations, I was finally able to break through it. I since then did not even touch junk food, sodas or anything sugary till date (except one vacation where I thought I deserved a few cheat days).
So, dear reader, if you're suffering from anything similar, don't fret. If a weak-ass like me can break free, so can you, provided you get good therapy and a decent support from family or friends. I believe in you more than I ever believed in myself. It's by no means easy, but it's doable for sure.
The new guy has a great voice
Y’all always post videos about things i’m currently struggling with
Given the nature of their videos are pretty darn random, what on earth is going on in your life rn? 🤣
SAME.
ZachsAnomaly speaking from experience, you don’t want to know the list (at least from me)
ZachsAnomaly Okay I may have exaggerated, i’ve suffered from BED for like 5 or 6 years now and i’m also on Keto and they posted their Keto video on the day I started 💀
It's great to see a new face on SciShow!
Hi Anthony! Thank you Hank for introducing us to him, it makes it a lot easier for us to welcome him to the fold
anthony seems like a super cool dude!
always appreciate an episode that spreads awareness of all types of EDs
I've suffered with B.E.D many times. My mind would zone out and the guilt afterwards was horrific. I'd feel fat and hate myself, then try to starve myself to compensate. I've not had an episode for a while now, but I do always suffer with stress which worries me that it will happen again :/
I came across BED a few months ago, and I'm pretty sure I have it. The whole 'purchasing special foods' thing really resonated with me. And I eat and eat then feel disgusted with myself but continue to eat. I relapse a lot - I've tried a lot of different diets in my time (I've been overweight since childhood), and, when they start to work, I relapse and binge eat once more. I had no idea that it was so common. Just like in the video, when people talk about eating disorders, they usually mean (or refer to) anorexia or bulimia. This channel continues to amaze me with the things you draw attention to, and I think this is super important.
CBT had me thinking about something entirely else
Continuously 🅱️ariable Transmission?
@@det.halligan Cock and Ball Torture
I struggle with BED. I eat, even though im not hungry. I even eat in my sleep. The sleep eating is extremely hard for me to control. And im constantly trying to diet, but it just ends up making me depressed. And im not even fat. Im 6' 2" and way about 210 pounds. I hate my life...
Start Bodybuilding
I'm commenting this in several spots, but hopefully it can help someone. Binging (especially during stressful life periods) that feels out of control is often due to ADHD. I have seen firsthand the change that came when medicine was used and allowed control to come back. Gaining weight from BED is the worst. I hope you can find happiness again. Good luck, and lots of love ❤️
Hating your life is probably a reason why you binge eat.
@@rachelhansen2417 hm I'm intrigued. What does it have to do with ADHD and how would you know that it's coming from that?
Welcome Anthony! Can't wait to see how else you surprise Hank.
4:59 I was stressed about a new person. (I don’t like change, it happens too often) but I like that person’s smile. He seems nice. Welcome!
Thank you for seeing us. My binge eating disorder eventually lead to bulimia because I just thought I was completely powerless to it.
Audrey Slade if I didn’t get severe anxiety attacks that are get triggered by purging, I’d also be bulimic. Not alone in spirit 💜
I have BED. I was diagnosed recently but I've suffered my whole life. I am also on anti depressants, anti anxiety and Vyvanse to help with my eating disorder.
I was surprised he didn’t mention vyvanse in the video since it’s approved to treat BED. (Good luck with everything, glad you’re finally getting help.)
Vyvanse is incredible! Good luck with all of this. ❤️ I really wish they had discussed this in the video
It sounds like you are under some excellent treatment. I hope it works well for you. I wish you nothing but the best!
Correlation isn't causation, but some qualitative research shows the link between BED and social stress might be a lack of social support and patience feeling like food helps relieve social stress. Psychodynamic therapies might also be used to help people deal with social stress. But take a minute to think about that.
We're living in a time when more people are feeling lonely and turning to food for comfort, kind of like how in Wall-E, the people just sat down, talked on their screens, and ate. If you know someone who might have BED, letting them know they can talk to you without judgement might help them, though it's not a replacement for treatment.
Welcome Anthony! And thanks for doing an episode on BED. I've been struggling with it, as well as AN and BN, for over 20 years, with no end in sight, so I appreciate you all bringing this awful disorder into the light.
I'm so glad yall have been making more ED content lately. They are usually thought of as the deadliest psychiatric condition, yet they are incredibly misunderstood. Thanks for bringing more awareness to these illnesses ❤
Recovered from BED, hard AF & worth the work. My hope is our baby won't have to go through what I did, and that their future relationship with food is healthy!
I always appreciate when you talk on these things . As someone who suffered from ARFID pretty bad without even knowing it was a real thing , you all helped me learn I was not just a crazy “picky eater” and I have been slowly talking to fellow ARFID’s and growing as a person . Finding more safe foods , the more I find , the more I have been able to * although slowly* expand my diet . It was not severe as many others , but it made me very nervous and self conscious as a person . Thank you .
I had binge eating disorder 4 years ago after starving myself and it lasted a whole year. I would hide it from everyone because I was too ashamed. I felt like such a bad person. I'm glad you guys are talking about it because I wish that people could have more sympathy for binge eating disorder as they have for anorexia and bulimia. I wish I could have asked for help or support but it was too shameful. Luckily I didn't gain a very noticeable amount of weight and can live more normally now.
Binge
Eating
Disorder
_"I said, Go to Bed!"_
_"Yeah, go to bread!"_
Bread, bed, bred.
Repeat.
Simpsons reference?
Master Therion I don’t know about op, but mine, I was hearing eat sleep rave repeat while reading bread bed bred ... repeat.
Welcome Anthony! Thanks Hank and SciShow for bringing lesser known disorders into the public eye!
Welcome Anthony! Scishow psych videos are some of my favorite to watch and have been so useful for learning about metal health as well as explaining to others my own mental health. Can't wait to watch scishow grow with your additions!
Good job! Thanks for such a compassionate video!
I've definitely heard of it. I've dealt with it. Binge, purge cycles are very common too. Highschool me was horrible with it. It went from anorexia to bullemia to binging then purging and blended all of them at one point. Sometimes even purging to go and eat more. Thankfully that is no longer an issue in my life and while I still have issues with disordered eating binging is no longer part of it. Having undiagnosed BPD did not help, you get addiction tendencies and they are very hard to overcome. Once my stressors were no longer there it was much easier to stop the binging. (Bullied for 6 years and moving in the middle of my senior year) but I'm 33 now much older. Glad you guys are bringing this one up.
Thanks for sharing this!
So this, uh.
This made me come to terms with the fact that I have a problem.
And now I'm not sure what to do with this information. Kind of feel like crying? But I also feel frozen.
Asteria Bates Definitely look up some help. It’s possible you’ll just see ignorant people at first who don’t take you seriously, but don’t let that discourage you!
Write it down so you can talk about it soon.
if it's possible prehaps talk to your GP about it?
Purchasing groceries on a meal to meal basis and avoiding family sized box/jar/bags helped me a lot.
I also split my food into portions and prepare leftovers for work before I start eating otherwise I'd go through four meals worth of pasta in a sitting.
Had to quit buying cereals, desserts, cookies even f*ckin yogourt.
My partner helped me a lot with this.
Yass thank you! Allot of people don't think of binge eating as a disorder. Those who suffer are usually accused of being lazy and having no willpower; so then people treat them with scorn. I hardly ever binge eat now and that's thanx to counseling. I didn't even go for having an eating problem; I went for a different unhealthy mental state. But counseling taught me to deal with my pain and emotions in a healthy way and later I realised I binge allot less. Eating your emotions isn't good but the solution isn't easy either.
I am glad you are finally addressing this one. Always wondered why you never covered it prior.
I can’t believe binge eating wasn’t defined as a separate eating disorder until the 2000s! I am in recovery from binge eating. I’ve come to believe that it is like any other addiction-alcohol, drugs, sex, porn, etc. Addiction runs in my family. I appreciate this video. Thank you.
Congratulations and welcome to the team/family!
Wasn’t diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder until I was 300lbs AND brought it up with my psychiatrist...and they were just like...oh. 4 years later I’m finally starting to get help
Beautiful episode,I loved it and welcome Anthony
In the UK we've known as a nation about binge eating for over a decade; we even had a TV show about it called "My Mad Fat Diary"
I had BED for 7 years (ages 9 to 15). I experienced sexual trauma when I was 9 and developed BED, PTSD, and OCD afterwards. (I already was autistic and had Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Persistent Depressive Disorder before the trauma). I went undiagnosed and my mum would just scold me when she found out, calling me disobedient and whatnot. It made me feel really guilty. Most of my binges, though, she didn't even find out about. I definitely never planned one ahead of time. I'd always just go into the kitchen, sometimes for just a snack or a drink of water, and then I would open something up and sit on the floor unable to stop eating. It felt horrible the whole time, but I just couldn't stop. It wasn't even always GOOD food. It was just food. Like multiple times, it was straight-up taco meat, and I don't even LIKE meat much. Even when my mum would put me on diets, these binges would happen while no one was around. I couldn't control myself. It made me feel awful. When I was 15, I developed bulimia instead. I would always purge after binges, and I would purge meals sometimes even if I hadn't binged. I just felt so guilty. My best friend knew I was purging, but she didn't do anything. I don't think my parents ever knew. Around age 16, I was eating only one meal a day and usually purging afterwards. I also was going for days without sleeping because of the nightmares I had from my PTSD. It was evident to look at me that I was sick (even though I hadn't lost weight, I was still overweight). My mum figured out that I hadn't been eating and pretty much forced me to eat. It didn't work very well while I was in school, but that summer, she was with me 24/7 and forcing me to eat 3 meals a day and 2 snacks, healthy food. I lost a little bit of weight (about fifteen pounds), but I was still overweight (and I still am, but I also have some medical conditions that make it very difficult for me to lose weight. My BMI is 37 right now and throughout my life it has been 23-39, 23-30 only before puberty when I developed one particular condition that makes it hard to lose weight). Since then, I went back to having a few binges when I was 17. It really sucked and I still couldn't stop them when they happened. Apparently I ate a bunch of twinkies at my grandma's house (and I am actually gluten intolerant). I didn't remember (a lot of times I had no memory of my binges). My mum got so upset at me "refusing to admit it" and eating unhealthy again that she cried. I felt awful. So, yeah, anyway. I'm 18 now. I haven't had a binge for a few months (since August), so I am doing pretty good. I actually have had a pretty small appetite. I hope I won't struggle with binge eating in the future, but chances are... I probably will. :( It makes me feel so guilty. But I also feel good that I don't have BED or Bulimia anymore. Addressing my PTSD has seemed to help.
Yeah, I have this, I’ll be full and getting sick from it and I will still be eating. It’s because I’m chronically ill and disabled which causes isolation and SERIOUS BOREDOM. Most things I used to do for fun, I physically can’t anymore. It’s seriously depressing. So what do I do? I eat. I’m gonna get help for it, though. Currently found a therapist to help me learn to deal with being disabled. And when I notice I have cravings, I sometimes decide to take super strong mint tictacs to stimulate myself without immediatly getting all sorts of calories in.
Welcome to SciShow Anthony!!! Looking forward to seeing more beatboxing while learning some cool science. 😊
I have been diagnosed with BED and severe depression in 2014.
It’s a real addiction, a real illness and no misbehavior or lack of discipline.
Food is my drug.
My best friend and worst enemy at the same time.
welcome, anthony! your beat-boxing is awesome!
I am happy that they're able to hire more peeps. Also, Anthony looks cool!
For those who ask: who haven't heard of it? Well... It depends on where you're from. I'm a psychology student from Poland and i haven't heard of it until a year ago when I was diagnosed with it. Seriously... In my country eating disorders are a big taboo. Very few people really understand and BELIEVE that eating disorders and other mental health issues are real. People with depression hear "just smile, you have a great live!". I've heard "just stop eating, you're getting fat" (which obviously made me eat more...)
Welcome, Anthony! Nice beatboxing skills
I love that the credits list Anthony as Host on this one. (Hank still gets some credit at the very end of the list as Executive Producer/Host, but Anthony got the more prominent billing!) Welcome aboard, Anthony; I look forward to many more videos with your name in the credits!
Thank you for covering this condition. It's very misunderstood and rarely spoken of. There needs to be much more awareness.
Even though I've gotten my weight under control, more or less, I still struggle with BED. What helped me the most was the HMR medically supervised diet program. Doesn't mean it'll work for everyone, however.
Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't sound like the program you're on has actually done anything to treat your BED. I'm glad your happy with your weight now, but (1) I wonder ow long his diet has been working for you and (2) there's not as much relationship between weight and BED as people probably think. I ask because, after years of asking, I'm still yet to have anyone provide me with a study that shows any diet helping people maintain a weight loss in the long term.
@@nickspeelman9174 I'm not on the program any more, the main thing the program taught me that helped was how to eat healthy but still eat food I love. I've gained back half the weight I've lost, so obviously I haven't been following their advice to a t, but it's another tool in my arsenal, way I see it. Also, it provided accountability, which being on the autism spectrum, is something I definitely need.
@@sirisaxmanable That's my problem with dieting. You've gained half the weight back and you blame yourself. Every diet fails. Over and over and over again. After three years of challenging people, no one has ever been able to show me evidence of any program working in the long term. And people still blame themselves. If a medication works close 0% of the time we say it's a bad medication. When dieting works 0% of the time we blame the dieters.
We had an awareness advertising campaign about this about a decade ago. I forgot it existed until this video.
Yay! New host! Nice to sorta meet you.
I legit have this disorder
Never heard of this disorder, it explains the things that happen to me. Sometimes I get this episodes when I just can’t stop eating. Good to have a name for this in order to seek help.
Welcome, new host! Can't wait to see your videos :)
Thank you
Looking forward to see Anthony soon! Give us that good learning!
I'm a let you finish, Anthony, but Stefan had the best intro of all time.
I'm excited for Anthony! His energy & beatboxing it great! I wonder what topics he'll cover.
I'm so pleased you heard the comments about leaving BED out of your eating disorders video. :) Well done
Why would that be necessary? 🤔 It IS an eating disorder as well, no?
@@molchmolchmolchmolch It is, yeah. I meant that I and several others commented on that video that they left BED out and should have included considering its prevalence.
Welcome to the team, Anthony!
So glad I finally have a video to share when people start asking me about BED!
As a preschooler, my mother would *force* me (and later, my brother's kids) to eat an adult's portion of food. My parents would say, _"You can't get up from the table until you've eaten everything on your plate!"_ I remember feeling like vomiting! Also as preschoolers, we were *forced* to drink a tall glass a milk. Later, I noticed my aunts forcing their children to drink a tall glass of milk. Also, to show his love, my father would bring home cans of peanuts or mixed nuts (one can for each person) to eat while we watched TV. Forced binge eating = child abuse.
Thank you for making this episode, I feel like myself I have some sort of eating disorder, specifically BED. It sucks cause I have no hunger anymore, and I’m always so self conscious about how much I’m eating. I disassociate when I eat, it seems like, and I hog down food fast, to the point my mom things I don’t even chew....I haven’t told anyone yet really....I’m just not sure yet.
I encourage you to talk to someone about this. Facing this problem early on with a combination of psychotherapy and/or medications can prevent unhealthy weight gain. And weight gain is MASSIVELY easier to prevent than it is to achieve effective weight loss. This is particularly important around age 20 when the metabolism starts to slow down.
verdatum ok, I shall. It’s just incredibly hard to tell people, even to my therapist. It’s hard to tell others.
Thanks for talking about this. The more people do, the less stigma those of us who have it will face when seeking help with doctors, talking about it with loved ones, etc.
thank you good school system health education (learned about anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder in 8th grade)
Am I the only person who feels like this has already been uploaded before? I'm very happy to see the content, it's just a weird sense of deja vue
Really looking forward to seeing the next button down on Anthony's shirt!
Hi Anthony ! welcome to the show! looking forward to the science :D
huh, that's actually useful info that's gonna help a lot people that didn't know
thanks scishow
Am excited to see you anthony!
I didnt find out about it until i was prescribed some ADD medication that was also a drug for BED.
They told me that the lack of a desire to eat would wane, but it never did. In fact, that part was way more effective and stayed effective over the stimulant side of the coin.
Yeah, no, ADD meds are fantastic at killing the desire to eat. I've never heard of that aspect waning.
6 episodes per day? You have to pump those numbers up! those are rookie numbers! You have to pump those numbers up!
and i'm watching it today, thanksgiving weekend.
Telling people my binging problems are an actual disorder ill probably never be diagnoser, despite how dabilitiating it makes my life. Ill eat even past the point of discomfort, often theyre impulsive binges with preplanned foods- as in comfort foods, and a few hours ahead id already be planning how to do it and would hide any evidence to avoid scrutiny from my parents. Something i still do even though im now out at college away from home
I developed BED while recovering from self harm. I don't know how or why but when I had an urge and I would try to ignore it I would eat and just zone out. Then a bit later I would just be around food wrappers. At the time I was so desperate to stop self harming that I thought this was not as bad. But this was just another form of self harm. I am better now and using WW to lose the weight, going to therapy and finally addressing why I felt the need to self harm or binge
Functional Nuralogical Disorder (FND): I'd really appreciate a video on it.
@@osmosisjones4912 how does that help? Is smoking a pre-existing condition?
How does calling it a pre-existing condition going to help world hunger? You're talking out of your ass.
It's NOT about "willpower". People don't engage in damaging behavior because they are in control. Quite the opposite. It's when they feel like they have no control of their lives that they do things that give them a false sense of control. Smoking, sex, drugs, gambling, shopping, drinking, cutting, and ,yeah, the most socially accepted and biologically necessary, eating.
Hey guys I'm glad you two feel so passionate about this and I'd love to see more back and forth, but please try to keep the conversation civil.❤
@@JagAgemo I am kinda passionate about this. I have struggled for 2/3s of my life with this crap. Just don't eat it sometimes feels like someone is saying just don't blink or breathe. It's not as easy as that and I feel like the problem has been minimized. It's how I feel the same way about my fibromyalgia. I was told I was just imagining it all. And to be honest I was made to feel like a hypochondriac. It was often demeaning. But I do apologize for my slightly harsh tone.
But I still understand how making being fat a pre-existing condition is going to stop world hunger...? Is this a case of correlation and causation being confused for one another?
@@cyanidejack1013 I understand, the reason I brought it up is because my girlfriend has been suffering it for a few years now. I live with her share her good and bad days. It's infuriating how FND is marginalized and has zero or near-zero government support in the USA.
I can't possibly know how you feel or know your struggle but I hope I've made it clear that 'I can empathize' and hope things get progressively better.
Welcome Anthony!
If there is popcorn....I have to eat it all, even if its a boat-load.
I just finished watching unsatiable, I wonder if that had anything to do with this 🤷♀️ also, love that you're telling about new things before it happens, I hate change but this honestly helps me
I welcome Anthony to the team! That being said, I hope that Brit will still be doing her hostings as well!
It's harder now as a broke college student in a tiny apartment where there are no budget surpluses or places to hide anything, but when I was a high schooler I used to stash food in places people wouldn't look for binging later. My mom would then yell at me because, where did that entire loaf of irish soda bread go? i was saving those leftovers for lunch! how come the cookie dough is hidden under the table here? etc etc
the shame was real
Hank Green, Anthony Brown, great duo! We want Jack Black, Walter White and Earl Grey now
I like this new guy already, I'm excited
I used to binge and eventually weighed almost 300 pounds. I've since lost over 180 pounds and nowadays I count every calorie I eat and burn, I plan my meals weeks in advance, I write everything down... I've become obsessed because I have an eating disorder. If I feel like I've eaten too much I'll stop eating for days. However, sometimes I fall off the wagon for months and binge again. My advice is when people study eating disorders, they should start from a psychological perspective. I hope I can get the help I need someday. I frequently bounce back and fourth between 20 pounds and people just brush it off as a yo yo diet, but it's not exactly on purpose. I think binge eating disorder is on a spectrum and I really hope more research is done in the future. I was never taught about preventatives in nutrition, was obese as a child, and now struggle every day with my eating. I also used to exercise to the point where I was getting no benefit and was literally just injuring myself. Please if you have kids, take care of their nutrition. My parents never knew about any of that stuff.
I developed this after I promised not to purge anymore. Gained 30 pounds and some stretch marks and absolutely hate how I look. Now I'm trying not to starve myself idk how to stop cycling through these different ways of disordered eating.
xRiss13 Definitely seek a professional about disordered eating. I wish you the best of luck...