You should not consider yourself to have a food addiction if you overeat in occasions such as parties and holidays as it is often expected at these occasions to overeat. We all overeat on these occasions and we all go back to our normal way of eating when the festive periods are over. A lot of sufferers with eating issues do have difficulty with change. Particularly anorexics who typically like things that are orderly, familiar and predictable. Therefore, transitions such as puberty, going into college or high school or major illness/death can totally overwhelm these individuals. This gives them a feeling of loss of control.


