Stress from work or financial pressures can trigger extreme binging, purging, and secret eating in individuals with a history of eating disorders.

“um and I think like any kind of condition you know it's Works along a spectrum so I definitely had periods where I felt like um I was managing the symptoms um and the feelings the emotions that kind of came along with that disorder are okay um but as soon as things got a little bit stressed full or I had you know extra assignments due or if I needed to like from a financial perspective you know I need to do two full weekends of work back to back and that's the only way that you're going to be able to have groceries next week or put gas in your car um you know when anything extra kind of came into my life I just lost it it was um like extreme um you know binging purging secret eating um was really something that I struggled with”