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Hi! I’ve struggled with anorexia in the past so I totally get you. I would recommend u to eat whenever you feel hungry. Go make a sandwich eat some cereal. Your body needs fuel and even if u are gonna have dinner later, eat a little snack rn! You deserve it! Ik it’s hard when there’s a little voice telling u not to eat, but you are stronger than that voice.
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It sounds like your mom's comment was very invalidating. I'm so sorry she said that to you. You sound like you were very in tune with what your body needed and you considered the fact that you've hardly had anything to eat today. No one should ever try and tell someone that they don't feel something that they do. You feel hungry, and no one else can tell you whether you do or not. That is only your feeling to have. I hope you continue to be kind to yourself and don't let the invalidation of others hinder your progress. Keep taking care of you ♡
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I’m so sorry your mum was so dismissive. Just because someone dismisses your reality, doesn’t make your reality any less real. You are in control and you know what’s best for your body.
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Heat often causes myself and my family to lose our appetites! I think it’s common. Eat when you’re hungry, follow your bodily cues (given theyre back to normal now that you’ve gone through disordered eating). Sometimes we’re just not hungry and I myself have to accept this as well before I panic. It’s unfair for your mom to put a timeline on when you’re hungry as everyone’s body is different. Could you make something yourself for dinner? Or have a snack before it’s made? Eating when you’re hungry is important. You’ve got this!
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Hi guys, So last night I said “If I don’t complete this” then I couldn’t eat or it would give me anxiety forever. Then I got hungry and ate anyways… I woke up with anxiety early this morning. So now that means it came true? Sometimes I go a long time without eating. I don’t know what the heck to do! Ugh!
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I have contamination ocd, and one of my compulsions is avoiding eating non-cooked food prepared by other people. I had a session with my family to plan accommodation reduction two months ago, and this compulsion was on there but we decided to focus on other accommodations first. Tonight my mom made fresh food (totally fine), but acted very offended and angry when I couldn’t eat it. I get where she’s coming from, she worked hard on the meal and it sucks that I couldn’t make myself eat it. But it also sucks that she knows this is a compulsion and can’t be understanding. Maybe I need to explain this compulsion to her better? In the family session we talked about the compulsion but not about the specific underlying obsessive thought (today my mom specifically said that I had to explain why I wasn’t eating and I didn’t). I’m really sad that OCD is affecting my relationship with her in this way.
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