peternocd
- Date posted
- 5y
_esary__esary_
- Date posted
- 5y
I have!! Near the beginning of last year, I constantly worried about whether I was stopping myself from eating. Even though I was eating normally, my brain would tell me that I had an eating disorder every time I refused food or didn’t want a certain kind of food. It was very scary and it made me rethink every choice I made at meals, to make sure I was consciously eating enough. I hope you’re doing okay ♥️ I think there are probably a lot of people with this theme, it’s just less known.
zaynabzaynab
- Date posted
- 5y
Meeee. Except it’s more complicated. I have contamination OCD that makes me fear all food is contaminated. That’s why I’m not eating... but my OCD has been latching onto the fact that I’m not eating and trying to make me think I have an eating disorder and that it’s not because it’s the contamination fears. So my OCD is making me afraid food is unsafe to eat, then when I don’t eat it tells me that maybe you’re making up the contamination fears and really you have an eating disorder. I don’t know if that makes sense. Lol
rakemitrirakemitri
- Date posted
- 5y
Yes it is possible. I get thoughts about choking when eating so I avoid certain foods, eat too slow, eat less quantity, am less hungry (because of the anxiety, I'm just less hungry), etc. To me this is probably the most horrible form my OCD can take, because I can't physically force myself to swallow...
cwllmscwllms
- Date posted
- 4y
hi, i searched for this thread but i’m glad i found it - i think i have that although it latches in with my wider mental health theme which stems from my suicidal ocd. i get scared that i might be restricting (i’m not) or focusing on my weight (i’m not) and i have real issues with foods that feel like they could be raw or mouldy which definitely doesn’t help. i think i’ve managed to have one theme feed another theme. i have anxiety and i also have a couple of medical conditions that make me nauseous and less hungry at times but i always get scared that means i have an eating disorder or such. idk. it’s weird
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