Video: Is exercise addiction different from the compulsive exercise practiced by some anorexics and bulimics?

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Published on 04/18/2008

My hunch would be that there is a parallel between exercise addiction and how an anorexic compulsively works out.

My hunch would be that there is a parallel between exercise addiction and how an anorexic compulsively works out.

There may be differing internal motivation, but there is something very similar in terms of mood regulation, energy regulation, identity, body image that does cross lines in exercise addiction and anorexia.