- Username
- seijuul
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Change the image to your cells doing a happy dance when you make healthy choices.
this is such a cute idea!! i’ll definitely think about that :) thank you!
When my ocd first kicked off I was so stressed that I couldn’t stomach eating more than a few bites of food, my body was in survival mode and food just wasn’t a priority. Then when I started eating again it triggered intrusive thoughts. In order to beat this you have to reduce your stress level so you’re able to get an appetite and if you have any foods that are specifically difficult to eat it’s important to keep trying to eat those foods.
Your so right reducing my stress level really helped me with this also I didn't realize you should just keep eating the foods that feel triggering
@nerdle This sounds silly but I used to have intrusive thoughts of penises when I’d eat carrots or open my mouth wide for any large foods. And when I’d take a sip from a drink I recently walked away from my ocd would tell me that someone SPIT in it. It was revolting and I lost 23lbs because of this. Eating was extremely difficult for me in the beginning.
How about yogurt and gatoraid. That is what got me through some awful times.
I don't know if this is a good solution or not but about 4 years ago I would have unpleasant images while I ate and it's always make me spit food up in a napkin and I would really try to do it lo key because it would happen around eating with people to and I love to eat that's what I found weird about it I totally lost weight during that time to. What helped is I just started avoiding food textures that would bring those thoughts about I'm really all about the textures and also I stopped overally caring about me doing that and would just spit a piece of food out when I wanted instead of over analyzing it and it actually did help and I'm back to my normal eating self
what would you suggest to do when i only have one food left that i can eat, after avoiding textures that set me off like that?
Just think of there's any textured food that will not make u have unpleasant images like something super neutral like if u have to avoid chewy meats or meat or lettuce or breads whatever it is just do so
Does anyone have any tips for when the thoughts are just so overwhelming? Even the little things I used to enjoy like grabbing a coffee or watching a tv show I just have no motivation for. These thoughts are happening by the minute and I can’t focus on anything else. When I try to distract myself they’re in the back of my mind.
hey guys, anyone with eating disorders or body dysmorphia? ive had certain habits for a long, long time but ive started seeing them through a different light now. i usually try and starve myself to stay unbloated and skinny looking, and usually after a while i get so hungry that i binge eat. after the binge is over, i either drink excessive amounts of coffee (to work like laxatives) or i starve for days on end to “make up” for it. in all honesty, i would just throw up if it wasnt for a surreal fear of vomiting (only way emetophobia has been good for me ever) about half of the time i feel good about my looks, weight, body, face and all that, but the rest of the time i feel like i look disgusting, and thats where the starving comes in, and excessive grooming habits to cover my flaws. all of this was way worse a couple of years ago, and then it got way better, but along with all of this ocd this has gotten worse again. i feel like the way the “eating disorder” habits and the “body dysmorphia” plays out kind of look like an ocd cycle (sorry for self diagnosing, i dont know if i actually have these) another thing that i know for sure is very unhealthy is the amount of shame and embarrassment i have towards my body. i feel i “have” to do so many things to cover up, prevent or get ready for certain events or plans. overall, any time i need to be proper or any bodypart of mine has a role in something, i get so stressed to the point of panic attacks. i nearly had a burnout when i was seeing this guy for two months (my first time dating someone) from just sheer stress. before meeting up with him i would panic for hours, and still would while being with him. i barely got to enjoy the good times.
I have pretty bad contamination ocd. It makes it hard for me to eat enough or drink enough because of my compulsions. It’s getting pretty serious because I hardly drink enough water now. Yesterday I drank maybe two bottles of water and stopped drinking around 2 pm. It’s 10:30 am here and I’ve drank 3 glasses of water finally but that’s only because I started feeling dizzy and light headed. The room was tilting and now I feel pretty sick to my stomach because I know I’ve got to be logically dehydrated. But ocd is up to it’s tricks making me think it’s worse than what it is that maybe I’m really sick, or drugged or poisoned etc. I’ve never really had this happen before. I know logically I have to be dehydrated and this cannot continue. It scares me because I’m not even meaning for it to get this far. It’s just really hard fighting off ocd. I don’t know what to do and I can’t drive myself to therapy now because of the dizziness/lightheadedness. What’s the quickest way to get back to normal?
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