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Why You Can’t Stop Binge Eating (And Why You’re Not Broken)
Emily Hahn 23/8/25 Emily Hahn 23/8/25

Why You Can’t Stop Binge Eating (And Why You’re Not Broken)

Why can’t I stop binge eating? How do I fix binge eating? Why do I binge eat at night? This trauma-informed guide answers common binge eating questions with compassion, science, and gentle steps toward healing your relationship with food.

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𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙: “𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜?”
𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 💛

You are not broken.
You are not lacking discipline.
You are not failing.

Binge eating is s
✨ 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 - 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣-𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.

🕯️ 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 ?
𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜.

You might be burnt out 🔥 
You might be overwhelmed 😩
You’re might be holding too much 😓

An
🍽️ 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬, 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙?

It’s not because you’re lazy, broken, or “doing it wrong”.

It might just be
𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢? 🧁 🍪 🍫 

You are not alone!

& you are NOT lacking self-control.

You’re likely carrying a nervous system that le
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 🧶 

✨ A life where your hands make things that have nothing to do with perfection -

and everything to do with presence 💛

Knitting 🧶 reminds me that I&r
𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 - 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 ✨

I’m Emily, an accredited dietitian, cr
𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩 “𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮” 𝙤𝙧 “𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡”, 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 - 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 💛

This is the nervous system doing what i

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