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Anxiety around eating and drinking

Anxiety around eating and drinking

Hi, I'm new to this space and thought I'd just dive straight in i suppose!

A little background: i have always had high anxiety/panic attacks (diagnosed before my teens) and issues with eating/drinking in front of people. However this only got worse after i had a terrible throat iinfection in my teenage years and have had trouble swallowing ever since. Around this time i was also diagnosed with depression as well.

Some years on: I was finally admitted to hospital after passing out in late 2019 surrounding the above and how it affects my behaviours. The hospital wasn't kept very clean and i was distressed for my whole 2 week stay due to the added lack of compassion and care that i received. I tried discharging myself and was told i "couldn't"?

Anyway, after this hospital stay i didn't do too badly at looking after myself but there have been times in the past 2-3 years that i have tried seeking further help again.

Currently: I am at my absolute worst with everything again. I get triggered by things that happen around me that i find hard to deal with. I do have a lot of past trauma, including sexual abuse (which i don't normally mention) but feel safe to do so here. More so though my trauma involves loved ones and their health battles that always affect me the most. When I'm triggered, i can't look after myself and this has been the case again in recent months.

above all else: i feel so very alone. I don't fit the criteria for in-patient treatment, etc as i do not have any issues regarding body image, etc like you would expect in certain eating disorders. I'm honestly so over the laughs i get from professionals, the anger from them too and just overall the lack of support/no access to any kind of treatment.

My body is so hungry but i genuinely can't help myself. I don't know what to do.

I feel like I've left out so much detail but this in itself is a LOT to me. I share this in hopes of finding out I'm in fact not alone (although i wouldn't want anyone else to battle this every single day like i have for years, I'm now 27 years of age).

I thank you immensely for taking your time in any way on digesting part of my story. I am always incredibly drained in life lately but hope I'll be able to pick and choose moments where i can touch base on this forum in some way overall.

with love and gratitude,

~messymind

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Re: Anxiety around eating and drinking

Hey! I’m sorry for bringing up an old topic, but what you’re saying sounds so familiar!!

im currently starting to have these kinds of anxious feelings around eating and drinking currently (came out of nowhere in the last couple of weeks) and it’s nice to know I’m not alone. God anxiety sucks

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