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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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Does any one else struggle with eating when on a ocd spiral ( that’s what I call them ) I go through periods where I can’t stand the feeling of food in my body but idk I smoke weed and that helps the thought to go purge everything I don’t know if that’s my ocd or a eating disorder 🫠
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Potential TW: So I know this post is not technically FULLY about ocd but I was hoping maybe some people knew something about it or what to tell me. So I know my boyfriend has ocd and anxiety but it’s nothing he is in treatment for and he’s not on medication even though he probably should be. Anyway, I know he has IBD so he already has stomach issues. However, ever since we started dating he has been throwing up in the bathroom a lot. At first I didn’t think anything of it but then I noticed not only did he do this but he eats large amounts of food at a time like a lot of food and then whether it was directly after or a little hour later he would always throw it up and he would turn on the shower making it look like he was taking a shower but I always hear. He keeps saying it’s just that he sometimes feels sick from eating too much but I really think it is bulimia and now it seems like he throws up about 3-4 times a day. I know he has a lot of stress in his life cause so he’ll be applying to law school and his parents also pick on him when he does something wrong though they love him very much and he has this cousin that like is always trying to pressure him to do more social things and he clearly wants to impress his cousin but he’s trying to be something he isn’t. I also know he tends to bottle things up instead of talk about them but recently he has been communicating a bit more just not about this. I know there’s a lot of factors here but does this sound like bulimia? I kind of want to say something but I also know he will probably get very mad. But his parents clearly don’t realize this is happening as he just goes to his own bathroom and pretends to shower. Also, weirdly he has been gaining more weight even though he seems to throw up so much? Also can bulimia cause people to be like quickly defensive or frustrated easily? Because I’ve been seeing that too and I’d like to think that’s not really him cause I have seen he has a caring heart it just seems like he’s struggling a lot. Can anyone tell me some helpful things? Does this sound like bulimia? Does anyone have similar stories or advice they can share? Please help thanks!
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