DR MARIANNE MILLER

CARING EATING DISORDER TREATMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON D.C. FOR ADULTS & TEENS

Five Tips for Managing Overwhelming Emotions in Eating Disorder Recovery
Adults, ARFID, Binge Eating, Binge Eating Disorder, Carmel Valley, Carmel Mountain, Carmel Mountain Ranch, Mira Mesa, Miramar, Scripps Ranch, Poway, Eating Disorder, San Diego, San Diego Eating Disorder, Eating Disorder Treatment Marianne Miller Adults, ARFID, Binge Eating, Binge Eating Disorder, Carmel Valley, Carmel Mountain, Carmel Mountain Ranch, Mira Mesa, Miramar, Scripps Ranch, Poway, Eating Disorder, San Diego, San Diego Eating Disorder, Eating Disorder Treatment Marianne Miller

Five Tips for Managing Overwhelming Emotions in Eating Disorder Recovery

Have you ever felt so filled with emotion that it was almost unbearable? Do your mind and body feel flooded with feelings such as fear, anger, disgust, frustration, irritability, anxiety, or sadness—to the point at which you feel almost paralyzed? Having an eating disorder in San Diego and elsewhere is so hard. Sometimes the overwhelming emotions can be triggered by things such as discomfort with food and with your body, negative interactions with others, and work and family stress. At such times, it seems like the emotions take over both your brain and your body, and you would do anything thing in the world to make them stop. It is so so hard. Thankfully, there are a few coping strategies that can help you navigate such situations. These coping skills come from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which is an approach I integrate in my work with people struggling with eating disorders in San Diego.

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