Moha🍃
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- 1y
OCD & loss of appetite
Does it happen when you are in the midst of an OCD spike eating becomes very challenging and food doesn’t seem appealing anymore, what can I do to to fix it ?
JP3JP3
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- 1y
Truthfully…..I am getting there. Today was my 1st day to be honest to actually eat. Today I had my 1st therapy session as well so I am doing everything in my power to ensure that it does stay solved and take my life back over for me and my family. It’s been the hardest thing I have gone through in my life.
Moha🍃Moha🍃
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- 1y
@JPReyes Agreed it is the hardest thing, I hope we get there
JP3JP3
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- 1y
@Moha🍃 We will. We just have to keep getting help, surround ourselves with people that care and little by little get our mind and lives back. I’ll pray for your recovery as well.
Moha🍃Moha🍃
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- 1y
@JPReyes Thanks brother, I did the first step wish is consulting with a professional and got prescribed some meds, as for people around me they are oblivious about OCD and mental health, I only have the online community.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 1y
@JPReyes This sounds a lot like what I’ve been dealing with. I woke up about a week ago not feeling happy (ROCD activated) and haven’t had a full meal since. The past day or so has improved some, but I’m usually only able to get a few bites down or one small portion of the meal, if anything. Before the spike last week, I was undiagnosed. However, when I started to worry about the security of my relationship because of the burning anxiety I was feeling, I knew it was time to get help. I didn’t want to let (what I suspected to be OCD) take my partner from me.
JP3JP3
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- 1y
@Anonymous That’s always the 1st step is getting the help we need. From there we just work on ourselves with the assistance provided and gain the empowerment and life we deserve. We just have to know we deserve happiness to some level and that it can be achieved.
Mags2002Mags2002
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- 1y
I had the same experience in the beginning that i had ocd , i just forced myself to eat 3 healthy meals a day , eat together with others and talk that can district you a bit, makes it less challeging and if that doesnt work eat little snacks slowly so you still get some food in
Moha🍃Moha🍃
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- 1y
@Mags2002 I try my best to squeeze in as much meals as possible
Mags2002Mags2002
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- 1y
@Moha🍃 Just try to keep a healthy rythm and eat at set times , good luck!
Flower045Flower045
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- 1y
I totally get this!!! I lost some weight because of it. Even if you can’t eat full meals, just eat little things as much as you can!
ElevenBElevenB
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
I have lost 27 lbs since March. I weigh 98 now. But thankfully my appetite is slowly coming back. It's just going to take time. I just try to eat all through the day. It is hard to eat with anxiety though.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 1y
100%. I’ve been dealing with a spike for over a week, and I’ve lost 10 or 15 pounds. Food has had zero appeal to me. A couple times a day I might feel hunger and think of a food I like, but it quickly dissipates as soon as I get in my head again (matter of seconds/couple mins). I haven’t found a great solution. While I know distraction is bad, I do try to distract myself from my thoughts long enough to get something down. Sometimes it’s easier than other times.
JP3JP3
- Date posted
- 1y
That literally happened to me all this week. I lost 10 pounds. This morning was the 1st real meal I ate in the last 3 days. Honestly in my personal experience of this happening it did not go away until I had relief from the OCD in general. Once that happened my chest tightening and the panic attacks subsided and then I was able to eat again. It got to the point to where I even forgot to eat as well just cause the OCD was on my mind. Sorry you’re going through that. OCD is the absolute worse.
Moha🍃Moha🍃
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- 1y
@JPReyes You’re now fully recovered?
FuckedupFuckedup
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- 1y
I can’t eat when I am anxious.
Moha🍃Moha🍃
- Date posted
- 1y
@Fuckedup Yes! It feels like my stomach and chest are being sucked by a vacuum.
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