I forgot to add, my binge eating stems from childhood starvation. My parents, although we really weren't poor, we were middle-class and able to eat, never seemed to understand how to make a dinner that would serve 5 people, 2 adults and three children. My brothers always stole the food off my plate growing up, so I had to learn to fight for food at the dinner table.

So as an adult I have a few issues. I don't like when someone wants to share a dish or taste whatever I ordered at a restaurant. It makes me feel again like a child and like I won't get enough to eat. Even though logically I know, as an adult, if I need more food I can always order more. When I come home from the grocery store, I'm afraid the food will disappear, so I will binge eat it all.

A former T once told me my issue is a lot like what he sees with homeless children or foster children with resource guarding.

It's very hard to overcome the emotional feeling of being scared of going hungry, even though I know I won't as an adult.

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