Anyone deal with eating disorder behavior and OCD? I’m currently in recovery and have been practicing Intuitive Eating for a few months. It’s helped a little, but I’m still very preoccupied by my body image and calories, orthorexia, etc. I try not to give into these thoughts and act on them, but it’s very tough. It’s interfering with work, school, and my relationships. Has anyone broken out of this? Please help!

I go to God. Not a beauty that is what matches the world view or what I think is good enough. I know that I am good enough for God and he made my beautiful soul and body. The same God that made this beautiful earth also made me. So how could I do this to myself? the beautiful creation that God made is you. Not because it’s what the world says it good enough or even you say is good enough but because God created you in His image.

I used to have orthorexia. It became a full blown OCD theme. I felt like if I ate one unclean food or one processed item I'd develop some kind of cancer and die. I would eat nothing but antioxidant rich raw vegan foods. It was horrible and I was constantly terrified of food.

I also struggle with OCD, orthorexia, and ED. Intuitive eating is huge. I’m still not fully recovered myself, but practicing it and finding peace in yourself always helps me. DON’T GIVE UP! It is a PROCESS! You’ll slip ofc, but that’s all part of your recovery and completely normal. You’ve got this, stay strong

Yes!!! I have dealt with orthorexia in the past and it has recently become bad again. I also have fears about allergies in certain foods! I only feel comfortable eating food that I always eat and know is safe so this makes going to eat at restaurants or at friends houses very difficult :( you’re not alone!!!

I was diagnosed with Bulimia nervosa 5 years ago, it was an offshoot to my ocd and triggered by anxiety. I would get a obsessive thought in my head about someone or something and it would cause me to feel so sick to my stomach that I would have to make myself vomit in order to feel somewhat better. I would then binge eat and purge again repeatedly until I would faint because I was so weak... episodes like this would last days and would happen at least once a week. Iv been getting help for it and I’m doing great now, my body is so healthy that I just had a baby (there were some complications during the pregnancy and birth) but me and baby are healthy and doing great. Which is awesome considering my bulimia was so bad that my mensural cycle stopped and I was told I wouldn’t be able to have a baby without ivf in he future because of the damage I have done to my body. I would also like to add that I refused medication-treatment for the bulimia and my treatment was all therapy based. As I said though, mine wasn’t triggered by weight gain or body image so I don’t know if my story will help you, but I have almost fully recovered so it’s definitely doable with persistence ? good luck to you with you’re battle, I know how hard it can be

I have been struggling with anorexia for almost 7 years, but I’m finally at a good place in recovery. I find what helps me is keeping myself busy with fulfilling activities to constantly distract myself from the ed thoughts. Also opposite action!! Do the opposite of what the eating disorder and ocd tell you! Small steps- it takes time and motivation to live a happy life