Eating Disorders

It's Not Just a Lack of Willpower: Understanding Binge Eating in ADHD

It's Not Just a Lack of Willpower: Understanding Binge Eating in ADHD

ADHD can affect impulse control, hunger awareness, reward-seeking and the ability to eat regularly. Learn why this can increase the likelihood of binge eating, how shame and restriction can maintain the cycle, and what may help.

Why won’t she* just eat – A look into the brain of someone with Anorexia Nervosa

Why won’t she* just eat – A look into the brain of someone with Anorexia Nervosa

It would be a very frightening feeling to watch someone you care about fading away in front of you and very frustrating when they often refuse to do the one thing that you know they need to do.  It is hard to understand the mindset of someone with anorexia nervosa.  Why won’t they just eat?