Is it possible to have a binge eating disorder but still be skinny?

Yes. People of all weights can have any eating disorder. Everyone has a different body and metabolism effects people is all different ways.

Yes. It's very possible. You most likely have a good metabolism, therefore you burn fat quickly even with eating a lot. Although, sometimes, that metabolism becomes not as good, and you'll end up gaining quite a lot of weight by binging.

Yes, this is possible if you also have bulimia eating disorder. This would mean that your body isn't fully absorbing your binges. Another possibility would be if you have developed this eating disorder recently and how frequent your binges are. Gaining weight also depends on your diet outside of binges and how much you exercise.

It is possible to have a binge eating disorder but still be skinny. Just because a person has a disorder does not mean it is physically visible.

Yes, it is very possible. There is no weight restriction or set weight one has to have with an eating disorder.

Yes. You do not need to look a certain way or weigh a certain amount to have a eating disorder. Many people will see a person's body and make judgements on whether or not they have an eating disorder and what kind. This is not accurate and actually harmful. If a person is diagnosed with an eating disorder, then they have one. Regardless of their body and weight. Often people are made to feel their disorder is invalid because they do fit into a stereotype. You can laugh and still have depression; you can be skinny and have a binge eating disorder.

Yes absolutely! It all depends on your body type, metabolism, what you binge on etc. All of those different concepts must be taken into account. Eating disorders don't discriminate and your body type doesn't matter when it comes to having an eating disorder. You can be skinny and have a binge eating disorder just like you can be bigger and have anorexia. All that's important is that you reach out and get the help you need.

Yes, of course! Binge eating is the act of eating a lot of food or a large amount of calories in one go, usually, but not always, to help cope with emotional distress. How much weight one puts on is dependant on things such as how fast ones metabolism is and how much exercise one does to burn off calories. Thus the two may exist side by side if someone has binge eating disorder but also does a lot of exercise and has a fast metabolism they may stay skinny.

Absolutely! Some people's metabolisms work faster than others, and that may be why binge eating may not affect the person's body as much as it may another. It's like how I struggle with anorexic tendencies -- but I'm not deathly and lethally thin and bony. The same goes the other way. Perhaps your body just processes food in a different way, so despite eating a lot at a time, it does not convert a ton of it into fat but rather energy or other vital minerals.

Of course, but as you might expect, it depends. For one thing, your own metabolism could, by itself, keep you skinny despite eating unreasonable amounts of food. Also, depending on what types of food you binge on, you can stay relatively skinny, especially (an very importantly) if you exercise enough!