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All About Restrictive Eating Disorders aka
An Addiction to Energy Deficit

In this third post on lapses and relapses in eating disorder recovery, the important topic of how to prevent a relapse is covered in depth.

Lapses, relapses & pre-lapses are part of the cycle of eating disorder recovery. But what do the terms mean & what's happening in the brain?

The powerful return of emotions when overcoming an eating disorder is one factor that makes the process so hard. This post explores more...

When you have never had children because of an eating disorder, you can face unique challenges as you enter your mid or later life years.

Eating disorders can eradicate fun in life. This post considers why fun really does matter in building your life beyond an eating disorder.

Setting eating disorder eliminating goals is very important to overcome an eating disorder but daily intentions can help to achieve them.

The final post about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment covers its teachings about starvation syndrome, applying it to eating disorders.

Relating the Minnesota Starvation Experiment results to what it is to have a restrictive eating disorder and the process to overcome one.

Overcoming an eating disorder in your mid or later life and when you have a partner or spouse to consider can bring benefits and challenges.

Self-identity is deeply affected by an eating disorder. Recovery means allowing in a sense of identity crisis to learn who you really are.

A lot is written about overcoming eating disorders for young people but what if you are in mid or later life with 'adult' responsibilities?

Anger is a forceful and valid emotion and can be powerful if directed in the right direction when you are overcoming an eating disorder.

Many people say that recovery from an eating disorder or even that having an eating disorder is a conscious choice. Is there truth in this?

Eating disorder recovery can feel like being on a pendulum where the eating disorder pulled you one way and you swing to the other 'extreme'

Eating disorders and the ability of the brain to develop an addiction to energy deficit have an evolutionary explanation, explained here.

A dive into what a moderation approach to overcoming a restrictive eating disorder and addiction to energy deficit can look like.

When you have an addiction to energy deficit, i.e. restrictive eating disorder, abstinence can be the most effective method to overcome it.

With a restrictive eating disorder, it is important to understand what role rituals play in the disorder and the power they have.

Why is energy deficit so rewarding to someone with the susceptibility to develop a restrictive eating disorder?

Restrictive eating disorders can be considered to be a brain based addiction to the state of energy deficit. But what does this really mean?