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Binge Eating Disorder vs. Overeating: What's the Difference?
Binge Eating Disorder vs. Overeating: What's the Difference?

One of the most important things I can do as an eating disorder therapist in New York City is help people understand the difference between overeating, which is a normal human experience, and binge eating disorder, which is a clinical condition that deserves real, specialized treatment. Because one of the most consistent patterns I see is people spending years suffering through something treatable because they have convinced themselves it does not qualify as a real problem.

What Is ARFID? A Guide for Exhausted Parents in New York City
What Is ARFID? A Guide for Exhausted Parents in New York City

ARFID stands for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It is an eating disorder, and it is one of the most commonly misunderstood ones because from the outside, it just looks like a very picky eater. But picky eating and ARFID are not the same thing. Picky eating is common in childhood. Kids go through phases where they refuse vegetables, or will only eat beige foods, or suddenly decide that chicken is disgusting after eating it happily for years. This is developmentally normal and usually resolves on its own over time. ARFID is different. With ARFID, the avoidance of food is not a preference or a phase. It is driven by fear, sensory distress, or a deeply conditioned anxiety response around certain foods. The experience of eating certain textures, smells, colors, or temperatures is genuinely distressing, not just unpleasant.

Featured In: Bold Journey - Meet Lily Thrope
Featured In: Bold Journey - Meet Lily Thrope

Recovery Supper Club creates something different. It’s a space where participants can show up exactly as they are with no body talk, no diet talk, and no performative wellness. Just a connection. Community is a powerful protective factor in eating disorder recovery, and we intentionally center relationships that extend beyond food and weight.

Lily Thrope https://www.thropetherapy.com
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