Dr. Adina McGarr-Knabke http://www.mysantabarbaratherapy.com Licensed Clinical Psychologist 22253 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:15:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 mysantabarbaratherapy/WJHbhttp://feedburner.google.com Compulsive Overeating http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mysantabarbaratherapy/WJHb/~3/MDYB3EOT2Tw/compulsive-overeating.html http://www.mysantabarbaratherapy.com/compulsive-overeating.html#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:15:54 +0000 Dr. Adina McGarr http://www.mysantabarbaratherapy.com/compulsive-overeating.html
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    “Foods high in sugar, fat, and salt, and the cues that signal them, promote more of everything: more arousal…more thoughts of food…more urges to pursue food…more dopamine stimulated approach behavior…more consumption…more opioid-drive reward…more overeating to feel better…more delay in feeling full…more loss of control….more preoccupation with food…more habit driven behavior…and ultimately more weight gain.” (Kessler, 2009)

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    Repeated trauma may cause neurophysiological changes in the brain, specifically the amygdala which helps to regulate and modulate fear responses.  Chronic trauma is especially toxic in childhood, as it affects the developing brain and nervous system, lowering the HPA axis threshold for tolerating and managing intense, anxiety provoking situations.

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    “That addiction is tied to changes in brain structure and function is what makes it, fundamentally, a brain disease. A metaphorical switch in the brain seems to be thrown as a result of prolonged drug use. Initially, drug use is voluntary behavior, but when that switch is thrown, the individual moves into the state of addiction, characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use.”  Leshner, 1997

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    “That addiction is tied to changes in brain structure and function is what makes it, fundamentally, a brain disease. A metaphorical switch in the brain seems to be thrown as a result of prolonged drug use. Initially, drug use is voluntary behavior, but when that switch is thrown, the individual moves into the state of addiction, characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use.”  Leshner, 1997

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    Perfectionism is not about doing our best. It’s not about the struggle for excellence, or the healthy striving for high goals. Perfectionism is about believing that if we can just do something perfectly, other people will love and accept us-and if we can’t, we’ll never be good enough. Perfectionism is a burden that takes a heavy toll (Greenspan, Tom 2002).

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    One of the effects of early trauma on the early developing nervous system are regulatory deficits like a lowered HPA axis threshold that leads to half-trigger release of stress hormones into our bodies.  Being bathed in stress hormones may be at the heart of depression and anxiety disorders.

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    The function of rumination is survival based in humans.  In other words, we are hard wired to worry about anxiety provoking things as it helps ensure survival.

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