Some of them are both Anorectic and Bulimic. Food binging is an impulsive behaviour. Some patients adopt these disorders as their way of self mutilating.
Many people have two or more mental health problems.
The key to improving the mental state of patients with diagnosis of both a personality disorder and an eating disorder lies in concentrating upon their eating and sleeping disorders. In my view, these disorders are a blessing in disguise. It is very rarely, even in the lives of normal human beings, that they are faced with a veritable, identifiable enemy. An eating disorder is such a definte enemy. By controlling their eating disorders, patients can assert control over their lives.