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Bulimia Nervosa

If you have bulimia (also known as bulimia nervosa), you may experience a cycle of what’s called bingeing and purging.

  • Bingeing is eating large amounts of food in one go. You might do this when you’re struggling with feelings or problems in your life.
  • Purging is acting to get rid of the food you have eaten after bingeing. You might feel guilty or ashamed of what you’ve eaten.

Bulimia and your feelings

If you experience bulimia, you might feel:

  • shame and guilt
  • hatred towards your body
  • that you are fat
  • scared of being found out by family and friends
  • depressed or anxious
  • lonely, especially if no one knows about your diagnosis
  • very low, sad and upset
  • quick or sudden changes in your mood
  • stuck in a cycle of feeling out of control and trying to regain it
  • numb, as if feelings are blocked out by bingeing or purging.

Bulimia and your actions

If you experience bulimia, you might:

  • eat lots of food in one go (binge)
  • go through daily cycles of eating, feeling guilty, purging, feeling hungry and eating again
  • binge on foods that you think are bad for you
  • starve yourself in between binges
  • eat in secret
  • crave only certain types of food
  • try to get rid of food you’ve eaten (purge) by making yourself sick, using laxatives or exercising a lot.

Bulimia and your body

While experiencing bulimia, you might:

  • stay roughly the same weight, or experience frequent weight changes
  • be dehydrated, which can cause bad skin
  • get irregular periods or none at all, if you usually menstruate
  • harm your teeth and get a sore throat from stomach acid, by making yourself sick
  • develop irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), stretched colon, constipation or heart disease if you use laxatives.

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