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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster
There is a common take in literature on food anorexia - food anorexia is explained as an attempt of exercise the ultimate control over something that (usually young women) do have control over, in the absence of the ability to exercise control over other aspects of their lives.
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Is that not the case with food anorexia? I've experienced the "opposite" of food anorexia so I wouldn't really know. Binge eating was kinda a control thing for me. It was mostly a coping skill like SI. I guess there are many different explanations for every different sufferer.