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Binge Eating Disorder
Compulsive Eaters and Binge Eaters experience uncontrollable eating, sometimes done in secret. The individual has feelings of disgust, depression and guilt about binge eating and eats when not physically hungry. Up to 40% of people who are obese may be binge eaters.
Signs & Symptoms
Eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry; bingeing or eating uncontrollably
Unable to stop eating voluntarily
Eating rapidly
Eating until feeling bloated or uncomfortably full
Eating alone
Hoarding or stealing food
Low self-esteem, feelings of worthlessness
Intense guilt about eating
Depressed moods, mood fluctuations, impatience, irritability
Intense feeling of disgust with self
Loathing or hiding of the body under baggy clothes
Attributes social and professional successes/failures to weight gain/loss
Unable to stop eating voluntarily
Eating rapidly
Eating until feeling bloated or uncomfortably full
Eating alone
Hoarding or stealing food
Low self-esteem, feelings of worthlessness
Intense guilt about eating
Depressed moods, mood fluctuations, impatience, irritability
Intense feeling of disgust with self
Loathing or hiding of the body under baggy clothes
Attributes social and professional successes/failures to weight gain/loss