pathological mental process binge eating Consists of episodes of uncontrollable eating. During such binges, a person rapidly consumes an excessive amount of food. Most people who have eating binges try to hide this behavior from others, and often feel ashamed about being overweight or depressed about their overeating. Although people who do not have any eating disorder may occasionally experience episodes of overeating, frequent binge eating is often a symptom of an eating disorder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge_eating compulsive overeating