who agrees

[wingspan]

I agree with this. And I also agree that social anxiety is a part of it.

I haven't managed to pinpoint all the reasons I binge/compulsively over-eat. But I know part of it is that I don't feel emotionally satisfied (loved, nurtured, cared for). The only way I know how to comfort myself is by stuffing my face.

[kittycat]

Loneliness, low self esteem, bad luck, lack of money, no true relationships, friends, love, ect= there you go. These things cause depresion. When you're depresed your depresion can develop to eating dissorders and just make you more depresed. But most of people are depresed before developing an eating disorder. When you're happy , you love yourself and there is no need for binging/ starving. Well that's just my opinion.

[becauseittastesgood]

I binge when I'm sad, angry, depressed just as often as when I'm happy, excited and in a good mood. Eating is my high and I don't have to be depressed to engage in it.

[wingspan]

I binge when I'm sad, angry, depressed just as often as when I'm happy, excited and in a good mood. Eating is my high and I don't have to be depressed to engage in it.

I'm like this too. I notice that I feel the desire to eat no matter what mood I'm in. If something great has happened to me, and I feel very happy, I always want to go out and eat a big meal.

Also your avatar is the same as my profile pic

[fruit-loop]

What comes first 'the chicken or the egg?'

Personally, depression was a symptom of my eating disorder... but of course I see how it works the other way round.