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The studies that integrated the development of this research were carried out between the years 2015 and 2019, where the descriptors "psychology", "compulsion", "eating" and "feelings" were used, whereas the database used was Google Scholar. As inclusion criteria, scientific articles published in Portuguese were selected, which are in accordance with the descriptors and years previously cited, as exclusion criteria, articles published before the year 2015 and written in a foreign language.According to Barbosa et al. [1], eating disorders such as bul nervous imia, anorexia nervosa, rumination disorder, binge eating disorder and others, affect most young people, predominantly female adolescents. However, these data may not reflect the current reality, as they are only the most serious cases that reach medical knowledge. According to their research, the authors state that through a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the scientific knowledge produced by psychology professionals on the subject, there was a lack in the development of new research, considering Peace; Pacheco, [4]. This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License ANN.MS.ID.000660.