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LavenderCat06
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Disorderly Eating that could be Eating Disorder?
Eating Disorder Support / by LavenderCat06
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 February 8th, 2023
...See more Hi, I'm new to 7 Cups. I reached out because I am dealing with a lot of personal shite and I need to talk to people who understand on a personal level. Early January 2021 is around the time I started noticing that It was getting more difficult to get myself to eat food (even when I wanted to) I talked to a clinician and they said it's definitely tied to anxiety. (my depression and ADHD don't help with this either) It got progressively worse when I experienced a DV situation, and my stomach had a what felt like a pit for months, and I became underweight (I'm 6’0), and I was down to 136lbs. Then I experienced a car accident and miscarriage within a couple months that followed. It got somewhat better for awhile after things “settled”. But the issue with eating rose its ugly head again after some time. I started stressing at work and my eating issues have progressed to the point where I would start gagging. (like if I had one bite too many according to my body.) It's even gotten to the point where I tried to eat something- immediately gagged as soon as I tries to swallow (I could chew forever- gagging seems to be triggered by swallowing) and when I tried to swallow it and get it down I ended up puking it out anyway. So frustrating! No food ever sounds good to me these days. I can handle light stuff and liquids okay. Such as Apple sauce, protein shakes, etc. I think I'm at the lowest point of all this. My issues with eating never have been worse. I can't sleep or eat. I'm stressed about not eating and sleeping. I lost my job the other day due to poor performance caused by my mental illness. I kept falling behind, and unfortunately didn't get the supports I needed and asked for from my job. Now I'm jobless on top of this. Everything feels too overwhelming. I just want a break from my life. So I'm not sure if anxiety-induced disorderly eating counts as a eating disorder or not. (p.s I don't have any body image issue or anything like that. It's apparent to me that my issues with eating are psychosomatic. Can anyone relate to this?
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