[k123]

Over eating, I mean eating like a pig sweets carbs fats everything! How many of u do this? I do it all the time then I freak out that I put on 13 kilos in 2 months...waiting for the diet "wave" to happen so I can lose this weight again...only to put it on as I do so many times b4! It's like I either diet or binge eat no in-between I seriously can't eat in moderation. Is this a bpd thing?

I honestly don't know. I know a number of us excessively diet or binge and purge. When I get really anxious I stop eating and last year lost a lot of weight due to it, but doing what you described I just don't know. Maybe you'll hear from someone else who does. Good luck with it.

I think it could be related to BPD but not necessarily directly. I mean not all bpd people do that, but the fact that if you overeat, it's a symptom that can vary from person to person with any kind of mental illness or disorder. We do things one way or another to compensate, comfort ourselves and cope with life. With some it may be self medicating with drugs, others with eating, and like with me, various obsessions such as over-doing gaming and doing art obsessively.

[greentires4me]

junk food is my comfort...its either self harming behaviour because I put on too much or its because it taste so damn good and i don't want to stop. it could be a BPD thing of way of controlling our environment like we do with everything else....

[Ultra Darkness]

I go stretches of time where I don't eat much, and have others where I eat everything.

Originally Posted by Ultra Darkness

I go stretches of time where I don't eat much, and have others where I eat everything.

Everything? wow. that's a log :P I eat just food.

[Ultra Darkness]

Originally Posted by s4ndm4n2006

Everything? wow. that's a log :P I eat just food.

Yeah, yeah, very funny.
I meant I eat everything edible. I'm having trouble with wheat, though, so that'll probably have to stop.

Originally Posted by Ultra Darkness

Yeah, yeah, very funny.
I meant I eat everything edible. I'm having trouble with wheat, though, so that'll probably have to stop.

heh. You know you're fun to pick at :P and I meant lot* not log... so glad you didn't pick up on that misspelling.

I have food issues. I used to binge and purge (but then again, I also have an eating disorder), but I don't so much purge anymore. My T says the purging these days are an act of self-harm, though I really don't know. I am doing pretty well with food lately, am watching what I eat, and have lost 10 lbs so far. But I know that when I am in distress the first coping mechanism I always reach for is food. Always. There are others, but they come after food. I can't tell you if this is specifically a BPD thing, but the reasons why food is an issue for me stem from BPD so...yeah. I guess you could say it is.

[MissLadyRed]

Eating/food issues seems to be a BPD thing. I too suffer this and have for many years. I ether binge and use food as comfort to the extreme, or I'm starving myself and purging. I fight my food issues everyday. Food is my biggest enemy and my best friend. I understand how you're feeling.

[beautifulfreak]

Yep, I agree about the eating…definitely an issue.