Moha🍃
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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🍃
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@JPReyes Agreed it is the hardest thing, I hope we get there
JP3JP3
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@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🍃
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@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
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@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
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@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
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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🍃
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@Mags2002 I try my best to squeeze in as much meals as possible
Mags2002Mags2002
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@Moha🍃 Just try to keep a healthy rythm and eat at set times , good luck!
Flower045Flower045
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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 ago
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🍃
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@JPReyes You’re now fully recovered?
FuckedupFuckedup
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I can’t eat when I am anxious.
Moha🍃Moha🍃
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@Fuckedup Yes! It feels like my stomach and chest are being sucked by a vacuum.
Related posts
lydiasue
- Date posted
- 21w ago
Food OCD
Hey guys! So I struggle with OCD, especially harm, relationship and moral stuff and I am somewhat recovered now. However, my current girlfriend has started showing signs of OCD but it’s abou5 something I don’t know much about so I wanted to see if anyone on here had thoughts about it. She is constantly thinking about food (when to eat it, what is healthy, what is too much, what is too little) and controls the thoughts by giving in and controlling her entire day around food. She don’t really know the feeling of being full. She never starved herself and always eats, but then she feels extremely guilty afterwards. Her thoughts do have to do a lot with her body image and not gaining weight but also not losing any either. Does this sound like ocd or an eating disorder?
hopefulxmess
- Date posted
- 21w ago
Mama struggling with a bad flare up pls help
I’m going through a really bad flare up. I developed ocd many years ago when I had my first child. Postpartum ocd. I suffer from harm and pocd. At first I had mostly mental and some physical compulsions but the physical faded away pretty early on and i’ve just done mental compulsions since. My ocd was in remission for alot of years and if the ocd would pop up now and again, I was easily able to shrug it off and not engage. A few years ago I went through a stressful time in my life and the ocd came back to stay. At first it was bad but then it got better and has been pretty mild until now. It’s been really bad this week and the physical compulsions are even back. I never thought it would ever get this bad again. My ocd is making me doubt who I am and how I feel. I know it’s all ocd and not real or true but the ocd makes it feel so real that I can’t easily dismiss or disprove it. The more I try to disprove it the more real the ocd makes it feel. I’m really struggling and don’t know how to get back on track. I don’t have access to a therapist because there are no ocd specialists near me and my insurance doesn’t cover online therapy. That’s why i’m reaching out here. Has anyone been through a rough relapse? How can I get through and past this??
Ellen_l
- Date posted
- 15w ago
Advice?
I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond