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Visible Food
Anyone else have this problem? I have to have a constant eye on my food (Like- I can't eat in the dark) because I'll convince myself bugs are crawling in my food as I'm not looking π£
Anyone else have this problem? I have to have a constant eye on my food (Like- I can't eat in the dark) because I'll convince myself bugs are crawling in my food as I'm not looking π£
I have fears around food but a little different. I can worry that my food has been drugged! I will pick apart my food and check for signs of it being drugged. If I look away from what I'm eating or step away, I'm scared someone tampered with it! I'm sorry you are struggling with feeling like you have to monitor your food like this. I know it's so scary to think it has been tainted or tampered with either through bugs, drugs, or anything else! ERP has helped me so much with this and it's a lot better now. I can eat my food in peace and not have to do compulsions like monitoring and keeping an eye on food.
This is to interject a little humor into this . I really do have to keep an eye ποΈ on my food or my cat π± will find a way to help herself, especially if it is something she likes , π LOL !
yes!! i struggle with this, cat hair too π i have to pick my food apart anywhere i go because of it
@steph423 i also pick my chicken apart because iβve convinced myself it will be raw and have little worms π
@steph423 yess.. I have to examine my food with a flashlight sometimes to make sure π
@Ysab0405 YUUUP SAME π
OCD can really work against you. Have you had this fear for a long time?
At least for 7 years π
That definitely sounds like a scary thought to be having! OCD can play some awful tricks sometimes. Have you considered seeking ERP treatment to work on any of these thought? It can seem scary at first, but can come with a lot of relief long term for you!
I am so tired of having intrusive thoughts everytime i try to eat anything cause my mind immediately goes to βwhat if this tastes like human meatβ βwhat if the texture is like human meatβ and i have to stop eating and i start crying it annoys me so bad and i lost some weight because of it i just want to be normal again and to stop these thoughts they happened out of nowhere and i talked to some people about it and they tell me what cannibals have said and it has made things so much worse tbh im just so exhausted and i wanna eat healthy again
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?
potential trigger warning cus insects and stuff (contamination ocd?) . Its summer in the UK, and theres a lot more bugs around. I dont dislike bugs, and if we're outside its whatever, but I realised i have huge fears when bugs are in my house. I keep getting images of fruit flies or other bugs bein at the bottom of my drink whenever i see one, or them flying into my eyes or mouth and how horrible that would feel. Ive realised i constantly feel on edge when theres insects. Its not debilitating and i can push past it pretty easily but I will stay stressed and anxious until i forget about them or go somewhere else. I also sometimes search rooms for bugs kindof subconciously? like when I enter a room - especially the bathroom cus you feel more vulnerable and all that in there - im always looking around, checking walls and the ceilings and looking to see if the window was left open and bugs mightve gotten in. Dead insects also make me feel really guilty. I remember as a kid i used to litterally break into sobbing tears when my dad would kill a fly, and although I dont cry anymore I feel just as bad whenever I see a insect dead in the bathtub or sink (where they often get stuck cus slippery surface + water) Does anyone know how to lessen my fears around bugs and the guilt? Im not scared of the bugs themselves at all. I love bugs, i find moths and ladybugs and spiders really cute but its just the "what if they get in my eye" and "what if i kill them" that repeats in my head whenever im around one.
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