Binge Eating Disorder (BED) Symptoms & Signs

Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by frequent overeating (bingeing) – at least once a week for three months – combined with a lack of control, intense feelings of distress and three or more of the following behaviors:

Eating more rapidly than normal
Eating until feeling uncomfortably full
Eating large amounts of food even when not feeling physically hungry
Eating alone because of feelings of embarrassed stemming from how much one eats
Feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed or guilty after eating
Do you think you or someone you know is suffering from this eating disorder? Take our short binge eating disorder quiz.

There’s hope for your Binge Eating Disorder symptoms and signs
If you are experiencing these binge eating disorder symptoms and signs, Eating Recovery Center offers specialized treatment that can help stop the cycle of bingeing. Masters-level clinicians are available to discuss your treatment options at 877-711-1878.

[nicoledlugopolski]

not trying to self diagnose but i just fit every criteria 😀

[vex]

when you meet all the criteria but feel uncomfortable bringing this up to your parents

[annamarial]

I am accepting this... I had an episode yesterday and this morning and now I feel awful. I really don't know what feeling hungry is. I am really desperate, I want to purge but can't bring myself too cause I don't wanna fall in that pit. It's really horrible. I am allowing myself to feel this disorder so I can let that go...I hate it. If you're feeling this, get help like I am. Don't stay in this cage. We can do this!

[zazzlev]

i was diagnosed with this. i’ve been struggling with it for 4 years now. i’m now at 220 pounds. i just don’t know how to get out. i will lose weight and then go off the deep end and relapse. it’s so angering to see other people have control over their everyday decisions and i can’t even say no to eating a whole pint of ice cream at 4 am.

[fwteinaki]

Omg I was crying the whole video....
I'm trying to lose 6 years now...yes it's too long I know...
But the past 5 months its different, I hate my body more than ever...I think about food and calories and ways to lose weight from the moment I wake up
I eat healthy and not much all day, and then at night I eat so much and unhealthy, and it's like I dont control my brain, and after I'm finished I feel so dirty and ugly and fat.
I tell my self I will not eat again so much but the next day I do the same.
I eat when my family is sleeping or when I'm alone, and I pretend to be ok and that I'm trying to lose weight...
I cant do this anymore..

[aski]

Somtimes i eat so much that i cant sleep until 5 am and then i sleep the whole day : D

[isabellasuiter]

im pretty sure i have an eating disorder of some kind, I remember when I was 8 my friend found a massive coke bottle filled with rappers and she was like what is this and I just sat there uncomfortable and told her to leave it

[marsglobal]

I have this but I don't have money for therapy... My brain says that I have to go back to anorexia to stop b.e.d but anorexia gives me strong depression and I'm so afraid of depression.

[sunset]

The book "30 Days to Stop Overeating" by Harper Daniels takes an interesting mindfulness approach. The mind is so powerful.

[littlekuma]

tbh i don’t want to self diagnose because i don’t what counts as eating mass amounts. i stress over how much i eat and usually eat smaller meals but when i do have my episodes where i start eating “ a lot “ i just keep eating and eating even though i’m not hungry and i know i should stop but i can’t. it’s more than i’m used to but it’s normal for other people so i don’t know 😭

[eyesack]

I think my saviour in this situation was being diagnosed with type 1diabetes, where I was literally forced into a different lifestyle, and having high blood sugars made me twice as depressed as eating a lot, plus when I found out all the sugar in so many foods I ate, it became clear to me just how bad my eating got, and now im slowly getting better. I honestly think that if I didn't have diabetes I would keep on living like that, cause as sad as it may be, my binge eating disorder was so bad that if I didn't have ny life at a risk, I just wouldn't stop

[lifeisapain]

Whenever my parents leave the house I always head over to the cupboards to see what I can find and it’s usually when I’m not hungry at all, or when I’ve just ate. I don’t know what to do about this and I really want to change my ways but I don’t want to worry my parents and go up to them and say “oh i would like to get help with my BED symptoms!” So if anyone has any tips about how to stop this mess then please tell me :((

[EmbodyYourDivinity]

thanks for your insights about what BED is, I used to have all of these criteria. So grateful to have gotten free from my food addiction/eating disorder.

[Phifay]

We can do it, bad times will end, it won’t last forever, you’ll do it no matter how hard
Don’t be scared to start over again
Ur starting this time from an experience
Binge eating is an illness we get it
But who said we can’t do it
You can do it
I have faith in you
Small changes each day will be effective!

[carolinajimenez]

Me and My ex broke up this year and I accidentally gave myself Bulimia. “Accidentally?” Yes. I had so much anxiety that went undiagnosed i woke up with panic attacks, felt like literal shit, felt like the world was ending. I started eating a lot to the point i vomit and sometimes i would avoid food out of fear of vomiting and it did not help me. I felt trapped inside of my own body and i was vomiting everyday unintentionally. I was very sick and dehydrated and not using the bathroom as often i was terrified for myself i needed help. I ended up taking magnesium and learning how to cope before i went to the doctors and they diagnosed me with severe anxiety and social anxiety. I can no longer be around my friends without the need to vomit, i choose to stay st home in my own solidarity the only time i step out of my home is to work and buy a few things. Life is pretty good right now just wish i could see my friends without feeling like im dying

[dahliacross]

I was not diagnosed but have all symptoms and have been living with this for a few years already, it's almost daily now. I live in Asia, and have trouble finding even a normal therapist that talks my language (even tho I manage to have a conversation in the local language, subjects like these and therapy would feel more benificial and efficient in english) and I'm really struggling alone.

[The_wondering_blob.]

Every time I eat it becomes a binge eating episode. I always eat until I throw up or are close to throwing up. I’m barely ever physically hungry, but if i’m not uncomfortably full, my brain tells me that i’m hungry. I get scared whenever I eat because I know that it’ll become an episode. I don’t feel in control with myself during these episodes. Sometimes when there’s not food around, I eat bits of the skin from my lips and from different parts of my face in order to make me feel slightly better. I’ve told my parents about this and they said that it’s normal for pre-teen people to eat this way.

[royalseonghwa]

I just got my referral to a clinic to treat my BED. I couldn't be happier, hope it works out for me!

[lunanohra]

Im not trying to self diagnose but the thing is, i tried going to a doctor but when i told her "i think i might have an ED" she started talking about anorexia and told me that i don't but she got the wrong one, so now im scared to go to another person and my parents and sister don't even believe me anymore so it's better if i just self diagnose.

[avajo]

IDK who needs to hear this, but binging is often caused by restriction. It's a cycle. You get really hungry, your body freaks out and thinks it will never get fed, and so your instincts take over and you eat. you moralize food and tell yourself "i can't have this, " and so you binge on it because you're mentally restrictive.