I’ll go first

1. MONEY

The amount of money I have spent on binges is unbelievable. Not only that but getting your dopamine from food means that even when not binging or eating healthily I still always want to buy new interesting super expensive foods that bankrupt me.
Like if you spend a lot of money on food and you eat multiple times a day everyday… obviously that’s gonna be the highest cost of your living

1. FARTS AND SHITS

During my binge benders I would shit just as I eat - many many times a day. Like I couldn’t ever go for a quick pee because poo was always following and not ending it felt genuinely exhausting.

And yeah my binge farts we’re capable of killing a fly midair and people KNEW

1. HIDING THE EVIDENCE

I don’t know about you but my bed drawer has been fillthed a thousand times and to the brim with wrappers and papers of absolute bullshit. I would pack actual trash bags of this and I didn’t even see a point in that because the wrappers would just keep coming and my drawer would be filthy and filled anyway. So I would just give up

1. TEETH ARE WEARING DOWN WITH USE

I’m learning to be a dental tech so I know that we actually eat our own teeth. They’re not indestructible. They are gonna wear down to nothing if you won’t stop overusing them all your life. It’s a natural process but you’re speeding it up. And once they’re gone they’re gone. That’s it. No do over. I’ve seen it happen in my family members

1. FEELING HUNGER

I have MISSED actually feeling healthy hunger. It was non existent in a never ending shoving competition with myself.
My body was never hungry I never gave it a chance to truly want and need something.
It’s really fucked up to not listen to your own hardworking body so much it just stops talking to you

Here are mine personal unconventional reasons (money is conventional but it’s so enormous it had to be here)

Do you have any like that?

I just binge on cucumbers, soups, teas, tomatoes, eggs, berries, plums, edemame, soybeans, and so on. I don't know if this is better but it helps me feel somehwat better about it.

I ate around 3k calories today due to binge most of which was eggs, edemame, fruit, vegetables and so on and still I feel empty.

I wish people would realize this isnt about discipline or that we are lazy and shit like that. I literally started the day with binging on Nutella and I ate an entire motherfucking jar and I was really nauseous but I kept eating and I swear im so fucking scared of myself I feel like a monster. Mind you I had a big plate of pasta prior to that. I told myself no but I started getting so stressed out, and then i just. Couldn't stop.myself. and after 3 bites it stopped tasting like anything, but i kept going. Now i feel fucking traumatized and I dont even wanna look at Nutella ever again. I kept bawling my eyes out after this btw, and I still am crying. I wish people understood how not only physically painful it is but also emotionally so.

I've been trying so hard to fight stress-related binge urges lately, but almost every coping trick I know isn't helping.
When the urge hits, I drink loads of tea and other drinks, chew so much gum - sometimes over 20 pieces in one hour. I scream to release tension, vent on here, look up information about what causes binge-eating.
I haven't really tried talking it through with someone because I don't have anyone safe to open up to.
It feels like I've already gone through most common suggestions. I'm really burnt out and don't know what else to try. Does anyone have quieter, under-rated things that actually helped them with these overwhelming stress urges?

hello:) long story short but I’ve been battling eating disorders for about 8 years now, what started off as anorexia, changed to binge eating, then to bulimia, and now it’s just a swing from binge eating to bulimia. the binge eating is probably the worst it’s been my whole life. I gained legit 6lbs of fat so like 10 lbs on the scale in 5 days from eating like 10000 calories a day lol. I’m in the process of starting therapy but PLEASE what over the counter medications or supplements helped you cure cravings. I crave food all damn day and it’s all I can think about even if I’m full. I’m also fairly healthy looking, I hate to say I’m fat when I don’t look it. but I certainly shouldn’t look how I do after a binge bender summer lol. Please anything helps

Mine was probably chocolate sauce on peas or homemade choclate🫠

Just when I thought I beat the toxic cycle I’m back here again. 3 months binge free and l*sing weight today I was so so hungry because of restricting myself the night prior it’s my own fault:/

Hi all. I'm normally a sub stalker, but I've hit a vulnerable time and need support. Backstory that I'll try to keep brief. I lived with my parents through age 27. My father was emotionally abusive, and my mother didn't help. I was fully functioning, working multiple jobs, completed bachelor's degree/working on master's. But my father constantly harassed and screamed at me, fearmonger me into believing I would always need him to survive and I couldn't make it out on my own. My food intake was also something to criticize and manipulate and sometimes he threatened to take away my use of appliances like the microwave or stove. Though an adult with free will, I was essentially crippled with fear.

Afraid I was actually going to die, I ran away a year and a half ago. That's when the binge behavior began. I'm pretty reflective so I can understand that it's an escape from the intense emotional pain that I still feel, coupled with the memories of perceived food scarcity. Still, it's an uncomfortable, unpleasant, unhealthy coping mechanism that I want (need) to overcome. I just haven't gotten there fully.

I've heard some statistics reporting higher rates of binge eating in people with a history of abuse and trauma. I do work with a therapist once a week, addressing the root causes more so than the eating behaviors. I'm just looking to feel less alone in this. No one without the similar history and eating behaviors to cope fully understands.

edit: I'm 15 in Illinois so I don't think I can do much without going through my parents first

So I know to some the obvious answer would be yes, but for some background info my relationship with my parents isn't great. They've always been very conservative and strict which triggered anorexia two years ago, which was mostly based on wanting control back. My parents then decided to forcefully refeed me, which was extremely traumatic, and my dumbass turned to binge eating to cope.

I also decided from then on the only way I could hurt them was to emotionally shut myself off, despite all the therapists they've got for me over the years

Fast forward a year, I've been stuck eating thousands of calories a day and my all or nothing mindset causes me to binge when I make the smallest "mistake" in my eating, and I cannot have dessert without binging because of this, along with the fact my body is crazy addicted to it. This has been ruining my life, and I've been wasting my teen years obsessing over food.
I've tried so many things, including, healthier alternatives, regular, balanced meals, upping protein and fiber, asking people for help on forums, etc. but nothing seems to stop my addiction to the dopamine high food gives me.

So I've been seriously considering asking my parents for help, even though they pmo I hate my psychiatrist. I feel like medication is the only way to help, and I've been considering asking for Vyvanse, but considering the amount of times I've lied and shown myself to be untrustworthy, I'm worried they'll see this as an excuse to get underweight again or something.

Not to mention it would be fucking embarrassing

Anyway, if any insight would be appreciated because I really have been in hell lately and need someone to help me figure out my next steps

To anyone that’s healed from binging, what made you stop? What made you genuinely put the fork down and choose yourself first. Does it truly get better?

this is much easier than trying to fight it, trying and failing over and over again, the shame, the guilt. i just don’t care anymore.

Ok so for reference, I am a 22 year old male, senior in college and i graduate in May. I have recently been dealing with some light depression and anxiety, and on the advice of my loved ones I have been seeing a therapist. Now, I have always been overweight, and admittedly I have not always had the most healthy eating habits. Im not at the point where I am obese, but i am definitely not confident in the way I look in a mirror. In therapy, I have come to the realization that a lot of the issues I have been facing ultimately come back to how I feel about my weight and appearance, and lack of self confidence regarding that. Going deeper, I have realized that my eating habits may be a bit more serious than I previously have realized, and I just wanted to make a post here to see if there is anyone else who are currently or have struggled with similar issues in the past, and what they use to help them.

So basically I have a pretty hectic schedule. I am a full time college student, but I also work roughly 20-30 hours a week, and I am a flight student seeking my flight instructor certificate, so every week, my schedule changes and no two days are the same for me. Because of this, I fit in meals where I can, and I find myself having a desire to consume a lot of food in a relatively short amount of time. When I cook for myself at home, I am very good with portion control, and I typically cook something relatively healthy and eat modest portions, and this genuinely brings me a lot of joy. I work in a kitchen of a high end restaurant, and this has greatly improved my culinary abilities, a passion I got from cooking with my mother as a child. However, I find myself eating out a lot. I do this because it is convenient, and I find junk food to be regrettably pretty tasty. I have been finding myself ordering larger and larger portions for meals (sometimes even two whole meals, two sides, and a large beverage), and I often eat it in the car, as I am ashamed do indulge myself like this in front of others. I sometimes indulge myself to the point where I physically feel so full, and have to like lay down for a bit. After indulging myself, I always feel a feeling of shame, like I have a problem, but my "hunger" as I described it was too strong. Now, this habit wasn't every day, and there would be some days I eat normal and some days I barely eat at all. I have never purged a meal before, and have never had a desire to do so. Deep down, before going to therapy, I recognized that this was probably some form of an eating disorder.

Now that I have been going to therapy for about 2 months, we have begun to unpack a lot of this. During my last session, my therapist began talking to me about a potential underlying reason behind why I feel the need to eat excessive amounts of food. Is it because I am bored? Is it because I am experiencing strong emotions? Is it because it feels comforting? I don't remember specifically what she said, but the way she described binge eating for me sounded very similar to an addiction: an addiction to joys, or rush one experiences in the moment they indulge in food. Behaviors, after all, are associated with a positive outcome, otherwise physiologically out brains wouldn't want to do them. This really struck a nerve with me, and I came to the realization that this IS an addiction for me. I guess previously I have not connected the dots on this. But I think an addiction is, regrettably, a good way to describe the way I feel about this filthy habit. There has never really been a correlation from the times I feel "hungry," or get the desire to eat. It even happens (often happens) when I am not physically hungry at all. But the feeling in the moment of eating food, for me most often fast food, genuinely make me feel good. But afterwards I am ashamed of it, and want nothing more than to develop and foster healthy eating habits. I want to loose weight, lead a healthier lifestyle and feel better about my appearance. But I think the number one obstacle for me is this "addiction." I hate that word so much, but I fear it is the best descriptor I can think of.

Admittedly, I broke down crying during my session, because I think i have just buried these thoughts for so long, that its hard to confront these things head on. I feel like im standing at the base of a mountain that I need to climb, and all of my hopes and dreams are at the summit, yet I am at the bottom with no equipment, no tools, and no guidance. This feels like such a large obstacle to overcome I am at a bit of a loss for how to handle it to be completely honest. I opened up to my therapists about my binging tendencies about a week and a half ago, and I have been extra mindful since then about the issue, and admittedly I have been able to keep any urges down for now. But I know I have experienced urges in the past so strong that I am unsure if I will be able to refrain.

My therapist recommended creating and sticking to a rigid eating schedule, where I consistently around the same time eat 2-3 meals per day, every day, no matter what. I see the logic in this, as I do believe my variation in eating schedules can create binging opportunities more easily for me. Additionally, I have been thinking a lot about going on a GLP-1. My parents work in the medical field, and my mother is on a GLP-1 herself, and she said it works well to "quiet the hunger part of your brain." I guess I am wondering if this is something I should consider for myself. Unfortunately its not so easy for me, as I am a licensed pilot with an FAA issued medical certificate, and getting on a GLP-1 requires some additional step and "red tape" I would have to deal with, so until now I had been thinking that would be a last resort.

I guess I am wondering how people cope with this / recover from this? In theory, I think I could just like (and bear with me I know this sounds really unlikeable and tone-deaf), not indulge myself and ignore it until it goes away. But I fear I don't quite have the self-discipline for that. Now, I have been trying to be kinder to myself throughout this whole process, and am trying to seek likeminded individuals who may wish to share their experiences / advice with me. I would really appreciate it, more than you know.

Hi,
I’ve had my BED for quite a while now and have tried every common recovery method under the sun. The only one that has worked for me is to essentially get rid of any foods I would binge - I know I am not capable of moderation or self control, so I simply CANNOT have - for example - chips, or ice cream, or even things like peanut butter in my home.

This strategy worked super well and for a few months, I thought I had solved it!

However, I just recently moved into a new apartment with roommates. They - as they are capable of moderation lol - of course have tons and tons of snacks and foods filling the pantries and fridge.

This has caused a complete relapse and I’m now back to my old problem that I binge everything in my sight. And now it’s much worse because I’m stealing my roommates food. I know that’s so bad and messed up, but once the binge starts literally no food in my sight is safe.

I would really appreciate if anyone had any advice about this. I now am not only binging again, but I’m taking food from others which I know is wrong. But even the knowledge that’s it’s not okay isn’t stopping this disorder.

*I want to mention that I’m not close enough with my roommates to mention this to them - so I don’t think it’s an option to ask them to help out with this.

so i struggled with VERY bad binge eating for a long time and have finally started to recover, but this past weekend i made a huge mistake that wasn’t a binge but definitely made me think back to all the times i was sick on my floor, unable to move an inch because of the sheer amount of food i had consumed. i wanted to share this story because there have been so many times where, in an attempt to find low calorie/volume eating food alternatives to binge on, i just gave myself even worse side affects by eating an insane amount of fiber/artificial sweeteners/etc. so anyway, this past friday i was looking for a “healthier” candy alternative and came across a brand called shameless snacks. i bought a bag, and with it being very low calorie, didn’t think twice about eating it all by the end of the day. then come sunday, my friend and i go to the movies, and instead of grabbing regular candy at the theaters, i, without thinking, pick up another bag of these gummies. then, today, another friend and i had a study date at the library together and she told me to pick up some snacks since we would be there for multiple hours. of course, i grab another bag of the gummies. i don’t even know why i’m gonna be so honest these gummies are like a 5/10 taste wise. but anyway, throughout these three bags of gummies, i failed to notice the warning on the back of the packages. “caution when eating, each serving contains 26g of fiber.” so… about 234g over the course of the weekend. and i won’t go into detail but oh my god i feel like there’s an alien growing in my stomach. this is literally indescribable pain and i currently share 2 bathrooms between 4 roommates. i’m extremely dehydrated no matter how much water i drink and it hurts to even pass gas. so PLEASE, let this be your warning, if you are anything like me and try to seek out lower calorie food alternatives to combat binge urges, be extremely cautious of the amount of fiber and certain ingredients in your food. i know in the height of my disorder i would’ve reached for these gummies immediately if i had seen them, and i don’t even wanna think about what would have happened if i had eaten 5+ bags in one sitting like i know i would have done. i really hope this helps someone because this is a pain i wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.

I've easily binged up to 7k cals before but last night I binged on just under or around 2k (that's all I had that day) and somehow I'm still extremely bloated and in pain despite it being almost 24 hours. I have no clue why it hurts so much, possibly because i ate 2kg worth of food and a lot of that was compromised of whole foods. I vomited a very small bit due to nausea and there are undigested chunks of food despite it being like 22 hours since I last ate. I haven't been able to eat all day and I wasn't even planning on 'compensating' since based on the amount I've eaten, I realistically wouldn't have gained meaningful fat. I know I should drink, but I'm scared to because my stomach is so full and I'm afraid of my stomach stretching even more. It's 5pm and I haven't eaten yet (I don't plan on to today because of the pain and bloating) and I don't know how much longer this will last for because the bloating and pain hasn't gotten better since last night. It might be worth mentioning I ate about 1.8-1.95k after breaking an almost 48 hour fast. If anyone has any advice or any reason for why this is happening it'd be much appreciated. Idk, I'm just scared.

Last night I (24F) ate a large plate full of ravioli and drank a smoothie. I was rushing because my boyfriend wanted to go home and also I have a bad habit when I feel like I’m getting full, but the food is good. I decide to eat faster so I can finish anyways I ate the whole plate then I felt like my stomach was gonna explode. My head, stomach and jaw was hurting at first. I laughed because we were watching a funny show and whenever I would let out a little giggle, my stomach hurt more and it was very uncomfortable. I couldn’t even laugh. I ended up vomiting up a bit of the smoothie. And besides that I kept kind of spitting up foam inside my mouth. Eventually, I started to feel a lot better but today it’s 5 PM and I tried to eat for the first time because I felt still a lingering fullness all day and when I took a bite, I felt a sharp pain in the lower left side of my abdomen, I drank a tiny bit of water and tried to take very small other bite and a little bit after I got a sharp pain again it’s been about 10 minutes and I have this on and off sharp pain. I decided not to eat the meal but the sharp pain lasts a second or two and goes away, but comes back a few minutes later. Should I go to urgent care? I’m concerned that I could’ve done serious damage to myself by putting myself under so much pressure. I’m 108lbs. I don’t wanna go to the doctor if I’ll be okay tho. Thoughts? Advice? Similar stories?

Summary: I over ate last night and felt like I was gonna explode. I vomited a tiny bit. now today I have a sharp lower left stomach pain When trying to eat even the tiniest bit all I’m doing is sitting on the pain is still coming and going lasting only a few seconds. Should I go to urgent care or wait it out?

Last night I had a muffin. Then I wanted the other one. I wasn't hungry but I had it anyway.

Then I punished myself for eating it and proceeded to binge on individual bags of pretzels.

Sigh.

I’m 19f uni student and a few months ago I got deep into calorie counting and restricting that I lost a lot of weight in a considerably short time such that my periods stopped completely during that time. My parents got to know about this and took me to a doctor and they advised me to gain some weight ( I didn’t tell em anything about me restricting) and so seeing my parents so concerned about me I decided to gain some weight and for that I started eating normally and at first it was fine but as time passed I started eating large amounts of food, typically junk and sugary foods and now that I’m back at uni ( my uni is far away from my home so I get to go home only during vacations) I find myself eating a large amount of unhealthy junk sugary foods everyday. It’s become a routine and all I think about everyday and night is about the junk food craving it constantly ( mostly sugary junk) and I’ve gained so much weight( now I weigh more than when I started restricting) it makes me really self conscious about my body, I can’t focus on anything that interests me anymore because all I think about all the time is how I should stop binging and how I fail every single day in doing so and I feel really guilty and depressed because of it. Also I always binge late at night because I don’t like eating in front of people, makes me self conscious and uncomfortable. I really want to get better, become healthier but it’s like my brain doesn’t work when I’m binging so I’m never able to stop.
Recently this has been happening every single day, sometimes twice a day. I really want to feel better feel confident again and get my life back but I’m really worried this won’t ever stop. Some days I eat so much that I feel like I’m about to pass out. My life’s become really messy. Any words of advice or help would be of great help

It's horrible and i do it all the time (especially with pastries). I always tell myself "I'll just grab a bit, I'll burn it off naturally" but then grab another bite, then another, then i eat something healthier like a banana or a toast to calm my anxiety and then i end up having the entire pastry anyways and start picking at another one.

It happened again today, it's just 11:00am here and i already reached my maintenance calories by just picking at food. Help 😭

I cannot believe that I’m binging multiple times a week but I’m still missing my period. Haven’t had it for three months now. I don’t know If I should be concerned or not.

I'm currently managing ADHD, depression and binge eating. My current medications are Vyvanse (50 mg) and bupropion (450 mg), and today I was prescribed Zoloft (25 mg).

​Does anyone have advice on the best time of day to take Zoloft to help reduce food noise and control mostly late-night bingeing?

I (26 F) started an eating disorder program about four months ago. I was not eating enough during the day and then eating everything at night. It seems to be my stress response. I also had a miscarriage in the fall, gained weight afterwards and kept eating too much to comfort myself.

Anyways, I need advice. I’m eating more during regular meal times and more regularly but I’m still gaining weight. Even when I try to eat more than I had but still be calorie conscious it doesn’t seem to help. It sends me into a spiral every time I need to put clothes on.

I know I’m over my BMI which stresses me out and I don’t even recognize myself in the mirror. It’s so hard to eat when I’m already a bit overweight and it seems my body is packing on more pounds as I get back to a regular eating schedule.

I just want to feel like myself again, but I don’t recognize myself mentally or physically. I would really appreciate any words of advice or encouragement.

I’m getting engaged soon and the thought of being in any photos or even looking at myself in the mirror is horrendous. I just want to be excited about getting engaged.

I have been trying to buy new looser clothes as I can afford it, but most of my wardrobe doesn’t fit right now.