What is 'purging'?

What is 'purging'?

Purging can be self-induced, for instance, self-induced vomiting. Sometimes vomiting can occur after one does it for months at a time and after meals, it can occur spontaneously right after a meal. And then sometimes, rumination occurs, where, because of vomiting and excessive purging over time, that food comes up by itself. One cannot even keep the food down. Other forms of purging, in the mind of an individual, would be to use laxatives so that they feel that they're getting the food out of them, and also to use water pills or so-called diuretics. So essentially, purging is both a mental and physical compensatory mechanism in getting intake out of you.