Bobbypriel
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- 5y
zaynabzaynab
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- 5y
Ugg. I’ve been fixated on all my food possibly causing food poisoning. I know how draining it is and how hard it is to want to eat but also be too scared. Then I think the stomach pain from my anxiety is actually food poisoning. What I’ve started doing is focusing on the fact that I feel sick before I eat, then eating and reminding myself that the discomfort was there before I ate so couldn’t be from the food. It’s been helping me actually eat a decent amount in a day.
person1person1
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- 5y
I understand this completely. I just want to stay in all day and sleep or try and destract myself as much as possible. But in reality it only feeds the ocd. I try to go out with friends or go to different stores around town. As for the sleep, I take over the counter melatonin pills. They are just 10m, but they help.
andrewt_andrewt_
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 5y
I don’t have that form of OCD, but I can imagine how draining it is. I’m really sorry bro. If I had to offer some advice , I would say that accept the possibility that the food is contaminated but also accept that it may not be either. You have to eat food at some point , so why keep putting it off ? So what if you got food poisoning ? It would strengthen your immune system and help you appreciate being healthy more. It happens to us all , and it always will. But we recover so it’s all good ! :)
justanotherpersonwithocdjustanotherp...
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- 5y
i know exactly how you feel. i am afraid of food poisoning and accidental poisoning. it is wearing me out.
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