Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder where the victim engages in recurrent binge eating episodes followed by intentionally expelling the food via vomiting, laxatives, enemas, or diuretics. Bulimics will also compensate for their binge by either exercising excessively or fasting. A person is classified as bulimic when he or she feels incapable of controlling the urge to binge, even during the binge itself, when he or she consumes a larger amount of food than a person would normally consume at one sitting, and when such behavior occurs at least twice per week for three months. Deep psychological issues usually define bulimia more than food itself. Bulimics are desperate to appear thin, but binge/purge episodes are often brought on by profound feelings of a lack of self control. Episodes can be so severe that the person will only stop feeding if they are stopped by another person or if they are in too much pain from stuffing themselves already. These cycles do not have a specific time cycle, and they can occur several times a week to several times a day.
Bulimia, if allowed to go on, can have dire consequences. Electrolyte imbalance, rotting teeth, swollen glands, inflammation and even possible rupture of the esophagus, dependence on laxatives, ulcers, and even death.