Anorexia and bulimia are complex eating disorders, often linked to deep emotional conflicts. The relationship with food can engage the body, self-image, emotions, and relationships. When it becomes a source of control, guilt, or loss of control, it can take up an important place in one's existence.
Why has my relationship with food become a source of suffering?
Eating responds to a physiological need but can also be associated with emotions, the body, the gaze of others, and self-image.
When eating becomes a source of anxiety, guilt, or control, food can progressively occupy an overwhelming place.
Psychoanalysis allows us to explore this singular relationship without presuming its meaning in advance.
Why do I lose control with food or try to control everything?
Compulsions can appear in contexts of tension, loneliness, anxiety, or frustration.
Conversely, restriction can sometimes give the feeling of mastering something when other aspects of existence seem difficult to control.
However, there is no universal meaning to these behaviours. Their understanding remains linked to one's history and singular situation.
The relationship with food can be influenced by physical, medical, emotional, and psychological factors.
When eating becomes a source of loss of control, shame, or obsession, it can be useful to explore what it represents in one's personal history.
It is not simply a matter of lacking willpower: eating behaviour can have a particular function in the way certain emotions are managed.
What is the connection between my relationship with my body, my emotions, and my self-esteem?
The relationship with the body can be deeply linked to self-image and the gaze of others.
Shame, devaluation, anxiety, or a need for control can appear when a person feels distant from certain expectations.
The consultation allows us to explore what the body and food represent for the individual, without reducing the difficulty to a question of weight or willpower.
Why do I eat when I'm not hungry?
Eating without hunger can sometimes be associated with an emotion rather than a physiological need.
Before an episode, it can be interesting to observe what was present: boredom, loneliness, anxiety, anger, sadness, or a feeling of emptiness.
This observation can gradually help understand the link between emotions and eating.
Why do I feel so guilty after eating?
Guilt can create a cycle in which restriction, frustration, loss of control, and new guilt mutually reinforce one another.
Judging oneself more harshly generally does not resolve this pattern.
Psychoanalytic work can allow us to explore the place of the body, food, control, and self-image.
How can I understand what lies behind my eating difficulties?
A psychoanalytic approach allows us to put into words the concerns related to food, the body, weight, and self-image.
It seeks in particular to understand why certain behaviours repeat and what place they occupy in current life.
Psychoanalysis does not replace medical or specialist care when this is necessary.
I offer psychoanalysis consultations in Lyon, in-person and via teleconsultation, to explore what these behaviours represent in each person's unique history.
A first meeting allows us to get acquainted, clarify your request, and see whether a psychoanalytic approach suits your situation and expectations.
Freeing Yourself from Eating Disorders Through Psychoanalysis