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Old Nov 11, 2017, 03:46 AM
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Trigger warning; I'm talking about my specific behavior.

I'm kind of complicated.

I am medically overweight and diabetic, but unlike what some people think, this is NOT because I do nothing but sit around and eat all day. Nor does my whole life revolve around food. I have binge-starve cycles. I go through periods where I think I don't have any right to eat, and I'm so ashamed of myself, and I want to get the weight off now so I can feel like a worthwhile person. I've tried so hard to eat healthy, but my size doesn't change at all. When I'm in this mindset, I eat as little as possible. The hunger builds up, and then I have bouts of overeating. I often find I can keep that under control if I pay the most attention to not skipping meals. Then I can't use the excuse of "Well, I haven't eaten since yesterday," to stuff myself.

Some people say that Binge-Eating Disorder is another way of saying compulsive overeating. But with me it's cyclical rather than constant.

Bulimia is when you stuff yourself and then purge later. I don't purge in any way, but I suppose the periods of starving myself can be counted as purging? I know that you don't have to be dangerously thin to be bulimic.

Anorexia is prolonged periods of not eating, and I don't get to the point where it's prolonged. I do, however, have the warped body image. I know I am medically overweight, but I look in the mirror and see myself as much larger than I actually am. Another woman who is actually my size can look smaller to me, and another woman who is actually much larger than I am can look about my size.

I don't seem to fit neatly into any of these categories.

But I can't seem to find any information on any eating disorders other than anorexia, bulimia, or BED.