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Some people may believe that they're fat, regardless of how thin they are actually.Or they could feel guilty if they eat an excessive amount of food.The guilt and shame from eating makes the individual vomit up almost all their food.These folks have bulimia nervosa, or bulimia, an eating disorder.The disorder has nothing in connection with the digestive tract, but instead with your brain.And though people who have bulimia may share exactly the same guilt and shame about food, and exactly the same patterns of bingeing and purging, bulimia has many causes...

Everyone will experience pain at some time in their lives.Pain is a necessary form of protection against accidents, diseases, or conditions that would otherwise impair or kill us.Pain alerts us that something isn't right.Pain can be either 'acute' or 'chronic' - the distinguishing characteristic between the two is their duration.Acute pain usually occurs after a particular injury.It appears fast and is usually very extreme - one example is the pain of a broken bone...