It Was Never a Discipline Problem. It Was a Coping Problem. Introduction Binge eating gets reduced, far too often, to a simple story about self-control ,as if the only thing standing between someone and "normal" eating is a bit more discipline. That story is not just unkind. It's inaccurate. For most people who experience it, binge eating is tied to emotion, stress, biology, restrictive dieting, and psychological history ,not a simple choice to eat more than intended. And the

Introduction You had a hard conversation. Twenty minutes later, you're standing in front of the fridge, not particularly hungry, reaching for something anyway. It happens after the stressful meeting. On the lonely evening. During the bored, restless hour when nothing else feels like enough. And afterward, often, there's a second layer on top of it, not just having eaten, but the guilt of having eaten "for the wrong reason." Food has never really been just fuel. It's tied to c