People arrive at this page asking the same thing in different ways. Do I have binge eating disorder, or is this something else? How do I know if I’m binge eating at all — or is it just overeating? Those are genuinely different things, and the difference matters.
This page gives you two free, private assessments. The first is a binge eating self-assessment you can take in about three minutes, with no email needed to see your results. Think of it as a structured binge eating quiz rather than a diagnosis: a way to turn a vague, anxious feeling into a clear picture of what is actually going on.
It is built for the moment you are quietly wondering am I binge eating or emotional eating, and aren’t sure how to tell. Plenty of people search for the signs you are a binge eater and come away more confused, because the difference between binge eating and overeating is about how the eating feels, not simply how much was eaten.
The second assessment looks at which shape your binge eating takes, because it rarely looks the same in two people. Neither test is a clinical diagnosis, and neither replaces a conversation with a professional — but both will tell you far more than a search bar can. You can take either one on its own, or both.
Most people describe eating they are not fully in control of without knowing how to characterise it, which makes it difficult to know what kind of help, if any, is actually relevant.
This assessment does not return a clinical label. It returns something more useful: a clear account of where you actually are and what it means in your life.
Binge eating does not look the same in everyone. It takes hold at different moments, for different reasons, and it has a particular shape in each person who lives with it.
This assessment identifies the shape yours takes: when it tends to happen, what sets it off, and why so much of what you have already tried may have been aimed at the wrong target.
If you take both
The first assessment tells you how much of your life is currently being spent inside the pattern. The second tells you which kind of pattern it is. Most people start with the first to confirm what they’re actually dealing with, then move to the second to understand it more precisely. Either can stand alone.
Common questions
Not quite. Almost everyone overeats sometimes — a big meal, a second helping. Binge eating is marked by a sense of being out of control during the episode: often eating quickly, past fullness, and feeling real distress afterwards. The difference is less about the amount and more about the experience.
Yes. Only a qualified health professional can formally diagnose binge eating disorder. These assessments aren’t a diagnosis — they’re a clear, honest picture you can act on, including taking it to your GP or therapist as a starting point.
Broadly, eating an amount most people would consider unusually large in a short window, paired with a feeling of being unable to stop. Clinically, episodes that recur regularly over time matter more than a single instance — which is exactly what the assessment helps you see.
Yes. Binge eating disorder does not involve the regular purging seen in bulimia. That’s part of what makes it harder to recognise — there’s no obvious “after” behaviour, just the bingeing itself and the distress around it.
Yes, and many people do. One tells you whether it’s binge eating; the other tells you which pattern you fall into. Together they give a fuller picture. Take them in either order — each takes about three minutes.