Binge eaters will buy a box of doughnuts on the way home from work, and before they know it they have eaten it and are buying another one. Often the first mouthful is premeditated, after which comes the 'What the hell syndrome,' in which you feel like you've already blown it so it doesn't matter what you eat.
Most people overeat from time to time, but binge eating is tinged with a definite lack of control.
It felt like if only I could eat another one, and I did, I could crawl into the BLT and feel wonderful. There was no connection with my body at that moment. It was the glorious feeling of not feeling. It dulls feelings of hopelessness and low self esteem. People use eating to assuage psychological pain, which can lead to an addiction-like state.