binge eating disorder
Uncontrolled food consumption
Binge eating disorder is a mental health condition marked by recurring episodes of consuming unusually large amounts of food in a short period, accompanied by feeling out of control and distressed afterward.
Unlike bulimia, it doesn't involve purging.
Episodes often occur in secret and are followed by shame or guilt: She was diagnosed with binge eating disorder after years of struggling alone.
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- all or nothingExtreme without compromise
shame · weight gain · satiation · secrecy · late night snacking · body image · body dysmorphia · anxiety · emotional regulation · food guilt · grazing · comfort food · impulse control · therapy · depression · self-esteem · cognitive behavioral therapy · cognitive distortions
- eating disordersanorexia, bulimia, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, pica
binge eating disorderanorexia nervosa
Pathological food restriction disorder
anorexia · fasting · self-starvation · starvation · undereating
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