Do your parents have disordered eating patterns?

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Yep. We were raised to be emotional addictive eaters. Trying to break the cycle with my kids. Also grew up watching my mom hate her body out loud, which she still does... I’m working on that so my kids don’t see/hear it too.

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My mom barely eats

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My dad teeters between either eating nothing or will binge eat an entire box of crackers, or some type of candy.  He's very thin and has an extremely low body fat percentage. It's very concerning to us but he thinks he's fine

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Yeah, mostly my dad, but my mom rarely has as much of an issue that is visible. She eats when she's hungry, stops when full. She doesn't eat if she's not hungry. She doesn't have much fixation on food & eats a balanced diet. 
My dad on the other hand is a bit of a yo yo dieter. Has a binging problem for sure, especially with certain foods, he lacks control, even if it makes him feel crappy or he doesn't save any for my mom. 
He has a binge restrict cycle, and has all kinds of weird "tricks" to keep from eating too much. He now does "intermittent fasting" 😒 and has been for over a year. 
He used to walk around just eating handfuls of plain spinach. 
He seems to be trying to be healthy & is improving really slowly. (The binges are less extreme, the restriction is less extreme.) 
But yeah, I wouldn't say his relationship with food is that healthy overall. 
My relationship with food isn't that healthy, because I have trauma from health issues, and I am always afraid food will hurt me, because it can & has many times. Other times, my stomach just hurts, it's not the food. 
But then I binge on candy or frosting. It's partly emotional and partly it feels good on my belly?? I can't really feel it.
I've quit sugar a dozen times & used to try crazy health food diets :/ 
I was trying to get healthy, but I did more harm than good with bad diet advice from people online or even making a few of my own diets up, just to try to help my stomach. 
I've had some success with some things, and definitely made mistakes too. 
My relationship with food is anxious and adversarial. I would like to gain weight, but am too defeated to try. 
I'm afraid to eat too much, but if I could, I would probably binge. I am definitely guilty of skipping meals in the past, but I don't now unless I am feeling sick.

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Yes, and I now suffer from disordered eating. I binge and emotionally eat.

Do your parents have disordered eating patterns?

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