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Brain over Binge
- Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn't Work, and How I Recovered for Good
- Narrated by: Lydia Wente
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
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Publisher's Summary
Brain over Binge provides both a gripping personal account and an informative scientific perspective on bulimia and binge eating disorder. The author, Kathryn Hansen, candidly shares her experience as a bulimic and her alternative approach to recovery. Brain over Binge is different from other eating disorder books which typically present binge eating and purging as symptoms of complex emotional and psychological problems. Kathryn disputes this mainstream idea and explains why traditional eating disorder therapy failed her and fails many. She explains how she came to understand her bulimia in a new way - as a function of her brain, and how she used the power of her brain to recover - quickly and permanently. Kathryn also sheds new light on eating disorder topics such as low self-esteem, poor body image, and dieting. Brain over Binge is a brave book that has helped many by delivering an informed and inspiring message of free will, self-reliance, and self-control.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-11-14
Must absolutely read.
A lifetime of binge eating and countless e.d. books later, this is the first time I feel a book addressed all the questions that typical eating disorder treatments have always raised for me. Although no one is exactly the same and I can't speak for everyone out there, for me , this is by far the most helpful book I have read on the subject. Gave me hope again.
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- MMH Toronto
- 2018-10-24
You are not powerless!
First, the good, the book chronicals the recovery of the author from binge eating disorder. An engaging read, she is genuine and shares her vulnerability with the reader in a touching story. The argument that acting on urges is what causes over eating and that we need not wait for some transformation and the complete resolution of "underlying causes and emotions" to stop destructive behavior is refreshing. A message that the "disease care" industry does not want us to believe. In this sense the book is empowering.
The less good, the semantics around Overeaters Anonymous (OA) referring to a higher power (God) as we understand him vs the author referring to her higher brain, is a convoluted attempt at distancing her theory from OA. There are similarities.
Finally, a pet peeve, does the book really need to repeat the word binge this many times? I know it's the topic of the book, but saying "... act on my urges ..." is sufficient. No need to say "...act on my urges to binge ...". In some sections it felt like every other word is binge.
All in all a good book. Glad I read it and I did learn from it.
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- J. St-Cyr
- 2021-01-11
Nothing Tangible
The main gist of this is just don’t binge. No real advice. If you are seeking help for eating as a coping mechanism, this book is not for you. Voice sounds slightly robotic.
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- Rosie
- 2020-11-17
Useless
All of these hours listening to it... just to be told not to binge if you have an urge to... No specific tools or tips provided.
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- Chris Wood
- 2020-11-01
Changed Everything in a Week
Therapists, you're not doing a bad job but you would really be helping your clients if you read this book!!
I devoured this audiobook within a week and knew I was changed. I took advantage of the coaching audios available on the brain over binge website to further solidify what I learned and I listen to them daily.
I learned to binge when I was a child. What exciting power that seemed to give me in my life. I took that through my teen years and all the way till now at age 44.
But since listening to this, and by learning that I have the ability to let the urge pass, I have not binged. I have not binged!!! These are words I never thought I would ever get to say.
So grateful for this young woman sharing her story and powerful tools. Thank you.
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- Eleebs
- 2020-10-28
Most Monotonous Performance Ever
nuff said. good info, but super boring. Also, did she have a cold while recording?
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- Valerie
- 2020-09-20
Perfect Read, Addressed my cery concerns
I now understand what’s happening to me a whole lot better with this book. In summary, personally this book has helped understand that the “urge” to binge eat is a brain signal to eat for survival, however , the action itself is totally controlled by you. once aware of this, with continuous practice of denying that “urge” of what it wants since it doesn’t serve your real self(eating when not hungry) , you will gradually change that habit of acting it out until your brain no longer recognizes the cue. From the moment I understand her concept, I could instantly implement it. I Listened to this book in 2days and in those two days I’ve been able to keep my hands of food when not needed(which is far from what I’m used to on a daily basis i must say). With the power I’ve gotten from her knowledge (which she of course she gained from her own experience)I look forward to enjoying wholesome meals mindfully and shedding the pounds i gained. Grateful for this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-03-24
Too repetitive & too long for the content
I liked the book in general & now I have a different perspective concerning the urge to binge & just eating disorders in general. I enjoyed the story she told as I could relate. But I believe that this book could have been read in 2 hours instead of 10.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-03-17
simple!!
great book, loved the authors' honesty. well researched, clinically sound,,encouraging and do-able. thank-you!! freedom from bingeing here I come!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-12-29
Interest views
I liked to learn about the author own experience and the fact that she is completely free of binging with a simple solution. I am wondering how many readers have been successful to train their "animal brain" after reading this book?
However, I found her book too critical of conventional therapies. I understand it didn't work for her and she didn't have underlying problems but a lot of us do. I found the book a bit repetitive.
I still recommend this book for anyone who has been dealing with binge eating for many years.
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- Treelistener
- 2016-11-29
It worked for me
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I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars. It is very detailed, clearly explains every concept, and gives a totally different approach to dealing with bulimia or BED. I also appreciated the author's personal story. There was much that I easily related to.
I was a binge eater for about 40 years. I quit binge eating before I finished the book. My whole attitude toward food has changed. I did not expect that, and I am so grateful to have found this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2017-07-23
Please re-record this book!
I think it's a good book. It's the author's personal account of how she uses Rational Recovery methods to end her bingeing. It's inspired me to find some other books that are helping me a lot. Honestly, though...I couldn't finish listening!! The narrator's sinus issues, her drone-like reading, and the choppy editing are all terrible. The narration doesn't do the content justice. I'll look for a copy at Half-Priced Books and finish what I couldn't stand to listen to any longer. Re-record this book!
58 people found this helpful
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- Robert
- 2017-04-14
If I hadn't listened to this book myself!
if i hadn't listened to this book myself, I wouldn't have believed it! I am a 51 year old male. I've been to over eaters anonymous, been to 3 different nutritionists, a psychologist, a clinical weight loss program, have been a member of several gyms in an effort to lose weight and was even prescribed phentermine at one time. I have been struggling with binge eating and sugar cravings and have damaged my body for years from binging on sugar. I have never been able to control my sugar cravings and have been addicted to sugar since childhood. This book in 3 DAYS !!!!! CHANGED MY LIFE !!!! Like I said. I know it sounds unbelievable . My struggle is over! Besides a little bit of sadness from thinking about how my life could have possibly been so much better had I known this information years ago, I couldn't be happier. Thank You so much Kathryn Hansen. Words cannot express my gratitude. p.s. My better half has also used this information to quit smoking. I urged her to replace "urge to binge" with "urge to smoke". Her first 3 days for were quite difficult but After 22 years as a smoker she is completely Smoke free.
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- lisadee77
- 2018-04-20
The most helpful book so far
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If you want to get to the real process, skip to chapter 10. This is a very helpful book.
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- Allie Zimmerman
- 2018-04-22
Great-life changing content - terrible narrator!
This book changed my life and my view of my eating disorder. The content is great but the narrator is awful! It’s almost robotic and hard to listen to, sometimes it nearly puts me to sleep. It’s choppy and doesn’t flow.
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-02-10
Life changing
One of the best books I’ve ever read in my entire life. Completely life changing. I’m grateful to the author for being brave & telling her story. She changed my life forever. I 100% recommend this book.
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- V
- 2016-09-24
Powerful ideas based on personal experience
This book contains story of the author's struggle and recovery followed by the detailed analysis rooted in neuroscience.
Ideas presented in this book are easily generalizable to other eating disorders and bad eating habits. I personally don't have bulimia. What I have is a bad eating habit which I was not able to stop in many years. It does not cause me any emotional suffering, but does cause my weight to hover 25 lbs above of what I believe it should be and what it was before I developed this bad habit.
The core message of this book is that your cravings are not you. Cravings originate in your animal brain and your human brain is capable of simply observing these thoughts without acting on them. Such dissociation makes the cravings to lose their power and over time cures the addiction.
I liked the narration of this book. It turns out that the book was narrated by a person who suffered from bulimia and cured after reading the book.
Overall I enjoyed listening to this book, learned the science behind the food addiction and one powerful technique for stopping it.
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- _shell.bee_
- 2018-05-18
Revolutionary perspective on ED behaviors
Kathryn Hansen has done something that many therapists have failed to acknowledge in my life for years: sometimes it really is about the food. She takes more of a biological approach to understanding the causes of binge/purge behavior and explores some mindfulness-based practices to overcome these patterns. This book is all about reclaiming our own higher brains power to make choices for health instead of getting stuck in the loop of addictive behavior. I found the material presented extremely helpful and inspirational all though certainly not a cure-all. But that is also partly Kathryn's point - you don't have to fix your life in order to stop acting out on ED behaviors. Thank you Kathryn for sharing your journey into and out of your lower brain <3 Note: The audio version has some editing errors and glitches here and there but did not keep me from enjoying the content.
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- Maggie
- 2017-07-15
Too long, Poor Editing
I like the simple message she was delivering and how it's a different perspective on binge recovery. There is a lot of research out there regarding 'retraining your brain', emphasizing breaking conditioned neural pathways and forming new ones, and knowing that I was able to really connect with her message.
However, this book was TOO long. Her extensive description of her history and specific details of life events could've been shortened exponentially, and many times felt repetitive or unnecessary. There was also poor editing done as I'm pretty sure the phrase "urges to binge" was used at least 1000+ times, qualifying it as a new drinking game as whenever you hear it spoken.
The quality of the audiobook is also subpar. No excitement in the reader, so it sounds like a monotone robot throughout the entire book. Not to mention, starting in Part 2, they didn't take mistakes out so you hear her repeating the beginning of the sentence over and over, plus some static, etc.
Overall, maybe I would recommend if someone was desperate enough or I thought would connect to the long message, but it's an amateur book at best.
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- Sarah B.
- 2018-06-22
great story, but narration needs editing
This personal account was really helpful, and the performance of the reader was fine. Unlike other listeners, I did not find her voice particularly annoying, but I was bothered by the editing (or lack thereof). There were many instances in which we hear the reader begin a passage, stop and start over, sometimes several times in one go. That is really annoying and ought to be fixed!
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- PINARD Marion
- 2017-09-03
Nouvelle perspective sur les troubles alimentaires
L'auteure nous livre en toute transparence son histoire et l'on se reconnaît en elle (pour ceux/celles qui ont des &quot;troubles&quot; alimentaires), jusqu'aux détails qu'on ose rarement avouer quand on a ce genre de comportements tellement on a honte!
Cette 1ere partie &quot;témoignage&quot; est un beau miroir qui nous permet de réaliser que d'autres personnes vivent les mêmes choses que nous (souvent on pense qu'il n'y a que nous qui vivons cela!).
Ensuite la partie &quot;solution&quot; est vraiment éclairante sur les mécanismes qui se passent au niveau du cerveau. C'est expliqué de manière simple et c'est totalement différent des autres approches psy où l'on remonte dans le passé pour chercher les causes. J'avais déjà commencé à manger en conscience et cela m'avais bien aidée à reconnecter avec mes sensations corporelles de faim et de satiété mais j'avais toujours des compulsions (un peu moins mais toujours quand même). Ce livre de Kathryn Hansen m'a vraiment aidée à agir de moins en moins souvent sous l'impulsion de ces envies incontrôlables, en reconnaissant ces pulsions comme des messages automatiques et erronés provenant d'une partie du cerveau. Ces pulsions sont en quelque sorte des pensées à forte charge nous incitant à manger mais elles ne sont pas &quot;vraies&quot; (ce n'est pas ce que l'on veut vraiment même si sur le moment on a l 'impressions que c'est ce qu'on veut vraiment. La preuve c'est qu'une fois la pulsion passée on regrette..)
Même si il m'arrive encore parfois de vivre ces pulsions, elles sont beaucoup moins fréquentes et en moins grosse quantité qu'avant et je ressens qu'en continuant à pratiquer les outils de ce livre, elles finiront par disparaître totalement (c'est un processus dont la durée sera différente pour chacun).
Je recommande vraiment les livres de Kathryn Hansen à toutes les personnes qui ont des compulsions/boulimies/hyperphagies/envies incontrôlables ainsi que les travaux de Amy Johnson et Lydia Wente (vous trouverez plein de ressources gratuites sur leur site internet).
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- Client d'Amazon
- 2020-01-20
Empowering book about our eating habits.
A simple, but empowering message about our responsability for for eating habits that can give hope, maybe a solution to those who struggle with eating disorders.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-01-10
Good to know
the reading is poor but the contain is gold. Take ownership of your action. help yourself