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Yes I was anorexic for two years and bulimic for 7. You are right- binging is basically a compulsion- I made myself throw up too. I had to go to inpatient treatment because I was doing it like 20 times a day, basically and addiction , very similar to OCD. Same concept- we have to accept our fears and go on living our lives and not do the compulsion.
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Hey, I used to suffer with binge eating and body image a lot, I still do sometimes but not as bad. I don’t think it was OCD related but it’s usually triggered by feeling anxious or upset/angry and I think I would just turn to food for comfort but then it got out of hand
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That's how I feel. It is really getting out of hand but I don't know what to do and what is causing it. Thanks for being honest ❤️
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@BerryChloride I would seek help from an eating disorder specialist
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I suffer with this but think it is more related to my ADHD and a generational connection with unhealthy relationships to food. It’s tough but I have learned that holding on to shame makes it so much worse.
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Thanks Kat for your insight
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i have to eat alot to be full. i dont know if its compulsive eating and normal but i cant just eat 1 thing and be full. fast food usually makes me full
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I'll give an example. If I have a box of cookies, I can't just have 1 or a few. I keep going back and eating more and more. Until the box is empty or I feel uncomfortably full
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@BerryChloride oh i see, yeah i dont think i have that.
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@BerryChloride i do that too :(
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Recently, I’ve been struggling a ton with what I eat/put into my body? I’m a first year college student with a few different health issues (including IBS), and lately it’s been hard for me to find food on campus that doesn’t upset my stomach. I also have pretty severe emetophobia, and feel extremely anxious when I feel sick. The ironic thing is that being anxious makes me feel even worse, so I end up sticking myself in an impossible loophole. My OCD has taken hold of these fears over the past few months, and it’s been such a struggle. Especially since people have been getting food poisoning from various dining halls on my campus lately. My OCD has gotten so bad that sometimes I’m too afraid to eat food other than what I buy myself. I feel so trapped. I don’t want my OCD to affect my physical health or prevent me from eating, bc I love eating!! It’s the fear of getting sick that’s the problem. And it’s even harder when everything is so unfamiliar. Just wondering if anyone could relate. Advice is appreciated!
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I’m new to the app and wanting to know who else experiences this form of ocd. Some background I was a therapist for over 10 years now I am out of the clinical space. So I have background knowledge of ocd but never knew much about relationship ocd. I realized over the last several years with my now fiancé, that I have a hard time just letting go in general, whether that’s an argument or statement or feeling. I want to be able to just accept things at face value and move on (and talk later if my partner is ready as needed). But when conflict arises I can’t disengage till there is a clear resolution. It’s causing serious strife as he can feel trapped and it escalates the argument. I am reading more and this sounds like relationship OCD. Anyone else experience this? Curious on what others have done to work on this for themselves. I do have a therapist but we are not doing work in this area yet as I am realizing this is an actual concern.
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Ok so I just downloaded this app like two days ago because I was looking for a OCD specialist. Maybe this is just my opinion but the posting’s on this app can be super triggering. If feels like even sharing your experience on an app like this can contribute to fueling OCD. So many people I see reassurance seeking, confessing and posting the same things multiple times to gain certainty. Makes me wonder if this app is counterproductive to the point of OCD treatment. I’m guilty of spending hours scrolling through the post trying to find people who relate to me, but in the end it makes me more anxious and fuels my OCD. Idk what do you guys think.
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