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✭𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚢✭@mattysnowpuff · Sep 20, 2026

★ᯓ things about binge eating that would surprise anyone who never struggled with it ᯓ★ a 🧵🪡 ♡/⟳

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A personal thread exploring surprising aspects of binge eating disorder that may not be obvious to those without lived experience, including eating non-food items, inability to stop despite emotional triggers, consuming disliked foods, and the compulsive secrecy involved.

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    ★ᯓ things about binge eating that would surprise anyone who never struggled with it ᯓ★ a 🧵🪡 ♡/⟳

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    1. binging on ingredients. I'm capable of binging on FROZEN frosting, frozen fries, straight outta the freezer

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    2. not being able to stop. Even when watching something extremely triggering (anti-fat acceptance videos, health n welness content), I just can't stop. Sometimes I take food into the bathroom even if it's just for 30 seconds

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    3. eating foods I don't like. I used to be a huge picky eater, but when I struggled with binge eating the most (2024-2025), I got used to eating so many things I hated at some point

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    4. eating my family's food. I binged on other people's food so many times, and the next day I wanted to replace it, but I ended up eating it again

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    5. eating inedible things. I've eaten foods from the trash, with perfume sprayed over it, even fucking wrappers and paper

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    6. eating to the point of throwing up and beyond. This happened twice, I ate SO much one day and the next day I ended up vomiting for hours. Maybe I ate something bad and that's why I felt sick, or maybe it was just the volume

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    7. binging on home cooked meals. Junk food is the most common thing people binge on, but when we have nothing like that, I just eat plain boiled potatoes, plain rice, dry bread, soup, etc

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    8. cancelling plan just to binge. Wherever it's cancelling a hangout early in the morning because I know I'm going to binge, or right after because I feel sick

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    9. hiding wrappers. This one is very common, but I still want to include it. I've hidden wrappers in the most diabolical places, my go-to is my school backpack though

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    the end because I can't think of anything more