DR MARIANNE MILLER

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

Three Steps to Start Your Eating Disorder Recovery in 2024

Three Steps to Start Your Eating Disorder Recovery in 2024

Dealing with an eating disorder in San Diego and beyond in 2024 is so challenging. The last two years have been especially difficult for San Diego adults and teens grappling with binge eating, restrictive eating, compulsive exercising, picky eating, as well as anorexia and bulimia. There’s something about the various waves of COVID pandemic that has pushed people past their tolerance limits. You may have called numerous San Diego eating disorder therapists and multiple San Diego eating disorder treatment programs. They all have weeks-long waiting lists or may even not treat your particular type of eating disorder. It’s so hard to know where to turn. I’ve outlined three steps to get you started on your pathway to eating disorder recovery, waiting list or not.

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Struggling with Binge Eating During COVID-19? Five Tips for Getting Help
Binge Eating, Binge Eating Disorder, COVID-19 Marianne Miller Binge Eating, Binge Eating Disorder, COVID-19 Marianne Miller

Struggling with Binge Eating During COVID-19? Five Tips for Getting Help

Do you feel stuck at home in San Diego and elsewhere, watching the news on COVID-19? Perhaps you’re filled with fear as you see the number of cases and deaths rise. Your kids may be climbing all over you or running around the house, screaming like banshees. You feel overwhelmed, isolated, and alone.

Do you feel flooded with anxiety, trapped, and you don’t know where to turn? Your eyes might drift to the stacks of food, knowing that if you start eating, you can get some temporary relief. You may even wait until everyone goes to bed to start eating so no one will know. When you do binge, does it seem like you’re detaching from your problems and numbing out?

Afterward, you might feel shame, regret, and disgust. You promise yourself that you’ll never do it again. The next morning, you may even limit your food. Then the anxiety and hunger build throughout the day, and you could end up binging all over again. You aren’t able to see an in-person eating disorder therapist or seek eating disorder treatment. What can you do to get help with your binge eating?

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