By Lisa Respers France, CNN

(CNN) — Candace Cameron Bure is opening up about having an eating disorder.

The “Full House” star shared during a recent episode of her podcast that she developed an eating disorder at the age of 18.

“It was binging and purging,” she said, going on to identify herself as “a bulimic.”

Bulimia nervosa is a cyclical condition in which someone binges and then compensates with purging behavior such as vomiting or taking laxatives, according to National Eating Disorders Association.

Cameron Bure added that she still refers to herself with that identifier, given that the thoughts never leave her even though she’s no longer actively purging.

“So I still need the tools to say, ‘No, Candace, we’re not doing that,” she said. “It’s so ridiculous, and yet I’m sti

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