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"I Have Gone on Eating Binges"

By Matthew Tiemeyer, About.com

Created: January 11, 2007

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Binge eating is a symptom of bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. A lack of control in eating is a feature of all eating disorders (even anorexia nervosa is eventually out of the person's control).

Binge eating seems wrong to those who struggle with it, making purging seem like a solution. However, purging increases the sense of guilt.

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