Binge Eating Disorder refers to someone who binges and does not compensate for their disorder – similarly to that of a Bulimia Nervosa sufferer. They experience the same emptiness that someone who has bulimia does, but will retain what they have eaten, which will usually make them overweight or obese.

 

The sufferer of Binge Eating Disorder will then go into a trance-like state which allows them to consume vast amounts of food without ever feeling satisfied. The body may feel full but the brain has not registered the eating. Indeed as the satisfaction sought is an emotional one, it cannot be satisfied in this way. Because of this, self disgust and shame will be the outcome rather than the comfort which was being sought.

 

A binge eater may eat when feeling depressed and do so on a frequent basis. Someone who eats compulsively and constantly will consume more calories than that is generally recommended. Both problems share the same emotional difficulties concurrent with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa and are other ways of using food to cope.