Bulimia is a medical condition that causes the sufferer to throw up his food whenever he eats. This is a psychological disease, wherein the person who is vomiting is throwing up to lose weight. However, it can become an uncontrollable behavior that causes tooth rot, malnutrition, heart problems and even death. New online methods are being used to help treat this problem.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Science Daily reports that the most commonly used treatment for bulimia is cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT. In this therapy, you will meet face to face with a therapist. You will discuss the reasons disorder and the therapist will attempt to change the behaviors that lie behind your disorder. Keeping track of your bulimia episodes and changes in your behavior is essential. Decreasing your bulimia incidents by changing your behavior will help cut down on incidents and may even cure your disease. You may also wish to participate in group therapy. Your group sessions will consist of meeting with people who suffer from bulimia and discussing your disorder with them. Meeting people who suffer from this disorder may help you understand and treat your disease more efficiently.
Online CBT
Online CBT is essentially a chat-based version of CBT. With online CBT, you go into chat rooms and interact with other bulimia patients. You also talk with your therapist. This therapy tries to emulate real CBT. Chatting weekly or even daily with your group will help you understand the psychology of your condition from the comfort of your own home. In text-based chats you won't see your group members, but with video and voice-based chat systems you will emulate personal interaction more realistically. There may also be a questionnaire to complete. These consist of questions about your condition, the causes of your condition, your emotions, your activities and many other important psychological factors. You will fill these out honestly, and the questionnaire will give you feedback on your progress. Using this feedback, you can help change and treat your condition one day at a time.
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