- Date posted
- 6y
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 6y
Don't Google, don't educate yourself on mold growths. Those are all compulsive behaviors. You can eat the food, you're just choosing to give into the temptation to practice the compulsion. You're practicing avoidance by avoiding food that you believe may be contaminated. The only way to get better is to do the things you are avoiding. It's hard, I know. But so necessary if you don't want this disorder to control you forever.
- Date posted
- 6y
it took me years but i found a way to eat im comfortable with. there is nothing wrong w educating yourself on food safety but you have to be rational about it.
- Date posted
- 6y
I find it so difficult to find that line between reasonable caution or concern and ocd for the things I'm afraid of. Something that helped me is I started viewing my thoughts about germs in the context of intrusive thoughts. Seeing them that way helped me decipher through them a little better! If it helps I always go by look and smell of food. If I see mold or if it smells bad or far past it's expiration I toss it. Otherwise I don't worry. The thoughts of what if when you have no real proof of it happening are terrifying but one of those uncertainties of life that can get out of hand rapidly if you give it too much attention. Sending support your way!!
- Date posted
- 6y
I have it with eating and very similar things. I tried to educate myself as best possible about all germ growths etc but dang is it hard. I imagine it’s easier when you live alone or with trusted people so you know how the food has been managed
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- 16w
I have an ocd over food. I can not feel full if i don't have the last grains of rice and I should count. Before, I got a real bad stomach ache and nausea so I should eat on track. But one of my weirdness appears as time goes on that thing I mentioned and how I have to wait until certain time to swallow and digest the food. It's as if I keep myself for not reccuring anymore. It's so strange, if I don't follow it I would get sleepy and can not concentrate. It's like time really matters to me. And my head becomes weird if I don't listen to it. I wanna fight it but I think I can't. There are times even when I got staggered and wanna fall. Anyone here fighting over food ocd and signals in your head?
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- 13w
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- Date posted
- 9w
I have been diagnosed with OCD for a couple years now. I would say my obsessions stem around a fear of pain/getting sick/vomiting. And my compulsions are to constantly check expiration dates on foods multiple times, smell it over and over again, and i take one bite and wait a couple minutes to see if i start feeling sick, as well as eating really slowly in general. it's gotten to the point recently where i would say im entirely vegan except for breads/baked goods, and honey. But i don't eat meat in fear of getting sick, and I don't really eat out at all anymore. I eat a lot of prepackaged foods, and i'm not sure why but fruits make my stomach hurt (maybe a fructose sensitivity i don't know) but it's almost entirely prepackaged. This has hit extremely hard the past few months where i don't even recognize myself. I've always been an insane foodie open to trying new things, now i'm at the point where i eat the same foods every day and wouldn't dare eat out. i feel massive judgement from my friends and i don't think i can explain because they wouldn't understand the gravity of how this impacts me. If i start feeling stomach pain at all i start spiraling and i start having a panic attack. I'm doing talk therapy at the moment and slowly trying to find a routine again. But it feels so demotivating when i wont eat at restaurants without sobbing from overstimulation/nerves, even drinking water at a restaurant scares me. It blows my mind that 3 months ago i would and could have eaten anything! sorry this is so long I am new to an app like this
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