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When normal eating triggers compensation planning

I ate normally at dinner with my family and now I am lying here calculating every calorie and planning how to undo it tomorrow even though I know this is insane.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind has learned to experience nourishment as a threat requiring immediate strategic response.

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