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Would this be considered having and eating disordeR?



as bad as this might sound, i occasionally make myself throw up from time to time.. but i usually just do it when i feel like ive had a big meal or that ive eaten more than i should have. i do it quite often but.. im not sure if i would call this an eating disorder because i can control how much i do it. and i just dont feel like it is an eating disorder or anything because its not like i lose any weight from it at all.
sorry, this might seem like a really stupid question and should seem obvious to me but it isnt. i just need some advice.

Hi. I'm no expert, but I would call this an eating disorder. It's seems like you are very aware of the things you do. You're not in denial, just not sure (which is good). The fact that you can stop if you wanted to doesn't really mean much, except that maybe you should stop before it gets out of hand. And, no, it's not a stupid question at all. I've never thought about a situation like yours...Good luck!
YES! Are you kidding!? Why don't you control how much you eat instead of how much you throw up? Stop throwing up! Please, for your health!
You really need to see a doctor or a counsellor. You are seriously damaging your health by doing this, don't kid yourself that you are controlling it, it is controlling you.
Yes, you definitely have an eating disorder.
Here's how to check, but you have to be honest with yourself.
You say that you can control how much you do it. If this is true, tell yourself that you won't do it at all, for a period of time of, oh, say a month. I think you'll find out it's not as much under your control as you think, and that it's on your mind an awful lot when you've promised yourself you won't do it. That's how you know.
You need to find out the source of what it is that makes you do this. Once you deal with the source you will beat this.
hi there, i know you don't want to hear bad news etc but to be honest - you're walking a very dangerous line between a bad eating 'habit' and developing an eating disorder called bulimia(which i'm sure you've heard of)..you may feel that you are in control of it now but i can assure you that it will slowly escalate to a point where you start feeling the need to do it after every meal because your stomach will start shrinking and any meal will then feel too much to handle. with bringing up all the food you are not allowing your body to absorb anything so effectively you are starving it when you throw up. other side effects of throwing up are rotting teeth from all the stomach acids coming through your mouth as well as longer term effects such as difficutty having children etc. it really could turn into a nasty situation so my advice to you is to rather try and keep your portions smaller so you don't feel the need to throw up and if you can't dp that then really really try and avoid keeping the habit - it will develop into something that you may not be strong enough to control. please take care and listen to your body, if you are young now and doing damage , you could find all sorts of ailments when you get older. be careful! good luck..
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