Sheeran didnt explicitly name his diagnosis, and described seeing his own experience reflected in Elton Johns memoir.
I found myself doing what Elton talks about in his bookgorging, and then it would come up again.
I think of it like a circle, she says.
But more importantly, while eating, they feel out of control, shameful, and guilty.
Those with bulimia address those intense post-binge feelings with compensatory behaviors, i.e.
vomiting, excessive exercise, laxatives, or another form of calorie purging.
Sometimes there are biological motives for binginglike being in a starvation state and your body wants and needs calories.
Our diagnostic system is imperfectperiod, full stop, she says.
you might struggle with binge eating but not meet the clinical definition of BED.
In reality, there is no eating disorder behavior that is better or worse than the other.
And we want to talk about it.
Its also not uncommon for people navigating an eating disorder to go through multiple diagnoses and presentation of symptoms.
Regardless of the exact diagnosis, everyone is worthy of treatment.
