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CPOY 75 Interpretive Project Silver: Day 1 - Binge Eating Disorder

Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most widespread eating disorder in Denmark. It is a severe, life-threatening disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of eating large quantities of food. Going along is a feeling of loss of control during the binge and experiencing shame, distress or guilt afterwards. Suffering from BED is closely related with bad self- esteem, often a difficult childhood, sometimes abuse and a life centered around weight loss. Few people know about the phenomena, but 40.000-50.000 Danes are suffering from it. Their lives are all about hiding what they consume. They have all tried every possible diet but every time it ends in failure. And for every pound lost there are more pounds gained. Obsessive thoughts about food are constantly there. All though BED is the most widespread eating disorder in Denmark, there are only very few opportunities to receive treatment. Recently WHO has released the new international classification of diseases (ICD 11), and BED is now to be recognised a an eating disorder. It will come into effect on the 1st of January 2022.

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Slide 10 of 11
September 24, 2019
“You can eat a lot without binging. And you can a little bit and then it is binging. It is about the feeling you have, when you are eating. It doesn’t matter whether it is Ben & Jerry´s or rhye bread. It´s the feeling you have when you just need your body to relax. It is about trying to fill up the empty space inside, until you can´t feel yourself anymore. It brings my mind and body at rest. It feels like a big hug. And then I am able to feel my body. When I feel really bad, I eat until my stomach aches, and I need to lie down. It is the best feeling. I become all warm inside just thinking of it. I imagine that it is like morphine and you have to say stop, but you just keep on saying; “just a little bit more,” because the sensation is so good.” The second-best feeling is to sleep, because you can also use that as an escape from reality. So to eat until my stomach hurts a lot and I am almost numbed, and then to fall asleep, that is what the eating disorder does for me.
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