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Old May 29, 2006, 11:23 PM
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I consider binge eating a disorder; I don't know if it's in the DSM or whatever the book is called, but it should be. I just saw something on the news about it a few days ago, on the signs of a binge eater. I don't know if I'm one or not; sometimes I want to eat a bunch of stuff, and I might eat two or three different things in a row that I shouldn't eat, but not usually. Usually, I give in to one temptation, and overeat that.

To me, almost any kind of consistent non-healthy eating is probably a disorder. I, too, get tired of looking at stories, sites, etc., about eating disorders and finding only anorexia and bulimia. I don't mean that those problems are nothing or unimportant; I just mean I want to see more of my eating disorder, too.

One thing that's annoying is, you can check into rehab centers for other addictions--drugs, alcohol--but there aren't any, really, for those with overeating disorders. Yes, there are "fat farms" for teens, and hospitals when your health gets bad, but really, nothing that's really the same as a rehab center.
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