Brain over Binge
by Kathryn Hansen
Hansen's account of ending bulimia not through therapy about underlying issues but by treating urges as neurological noise from the lower brain, observed and not obeyed. It is one person's method with a clear rationale, and many readers with binge eating report it worked when nothing else did. It is not a substitute for care in severe cases.
Read it if…
you binge and have found insight-oriented approaches unhelpful.
Skip it if…
you are medically at risk; seek treatment first.
Three things you will actually use
- Urges are not commands.
- Separate the observing self from the urge.
- Stop binging first; the rest can follow.
Do this first
Next urge, name it as a brain signal, not a need, and wait it out without acting.
Our verdict
Direct and, for many, effective.
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