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Struggling with an eating disorder can feel overwhelming, but recovery is possible. At Compassion Recovery Centers, we offer evidence-based eating disorder treatment in Orange County with personalized therapy for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and related conditions through flexible in-person and virtual care.
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Available for residents of Orange County, our in-person programs provide a supportive environment where you can receive hands-on care and guidance from our experienced clinical team.
Access compassionate eating disorder treatment from the comfort of home through our secure virtual programs, available for adults across California.
At Compassion Recovery Centers, we offer structured eating disorder treatment through our Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs). With both in-person care in Orange County and secure virtual programs available across California, you can receive compassionate support while continuing your daily responsibilities.
The team at Compassion Recovery is here to deliver evidence-based treatment built around your individual problems and needs. Our approach means helping you move past the most pressing problems and then to start digging into the underlying causes so we can help you recover, not just now, but for the rest of your life.
Eating disorders are an extremely common class of mental health disorders. At any given point, an estimated of 1.3% of all women under the age of 25 have anorexia nervosa, or refusing to eat food typically for body image reasons. However, eating disorders can include over 8 primary different types of disorders according to the DSM V. Any of these disorders results in an unhealthy relationship with food. However, the motivations may be about body image, body weight, comfort, getting to binge, self-punishment, or self-soothing. A psychological assessment can help you to uncover the underlying motivations behind the eating disorder, so you can treat that, and improve your relationship with food.
Anorexia is the most common eating disorder, and consists of controlling calorie intake. In most cases, it manifests in restrictive diets that may look like someone refusing to eat carbohydrates, refusing to eat anything but tomatoes, or simply refusing to eat most meals. People with anorexia nervosa typically feel they are fat or are getting fat and may have extreme body dysmorphia. However, anorexia can be about self-punishment and self-denial, getting to take control of something, and getting to be in control. And, it may also include purging (vomiting or laxatives) food, although this is commonly associated with bulimia to the public. If your BMI is under 18 and you have an eating disorder, you’ll likely receive an anorexia diagnosis. And it impacts both men and women, with about 4% of all people having it at some point in their lives.
Bulimia is commonly thought to be about purging food rather than restricting calories but that isn’t necessarily the case. Instead, the person alternates between binging and calorie restriction. The individual wants to lose weight but does not normally have extreme body dysmorphia. Therefore, they may have a healthy BMI and may even be overweight. However, they will frequently overeat, followed by using laxatives or forced vomiting to purge food, or will follow food binges by starvation.
Binge eating disorder means that the individual habitually overeats, after which they feel guilt, shame, or self-loathing. Normally people with binge eating disorder actively want to eat less but typically eat more for comfort or self-soothing reasons. However, binge-eating can also be about taking control of physical appearance, such as after sexual assault or after living with parents or a partner who were very strict about food and weight.
Symptoms of social media addiction will typically include significant usage of social media. However, social media addiction is in the DSM-5 under the category of “process addictions. Here, symptoms are listed as:
The consumption of non-nutritional and non-edible items such as soap, chalk, or hair
Avoiding food because of the sensation (common in persons with autism)
Purging food because of the sensation
Purging food because of the sensation
Compulsive overeating when stressed
Night-eating syndrome
Pregorexia
Muscle dysmorphia
The most common symptom of an eating disorder is an unhealthy relationship with food. That many manifest as an unhealthy relationship with what counts as food, an unhealthy relationship with food for your body, or an unhealthy relationship with food as a comfort object.
Sudden weight gain or loss, not explainable by a physical medical symptom
Binge eating
Binging and purging or patterns of purging
Over-exercising to the point of exhaustion or being underweight
Refusing to eat certain foods
Only eating one type of food (E.g., tomatoes)
A body image that doesn’t align with their actual body
Refusing to eat or only eating tiny amounts
Eating disorders can also result in extreme weight loss of weight gain and in malnutrition. If carried far enough, they can result in permanent physical harm and even death.
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