Normal is like that as well.

Yes anxiety will cause you to lose your appetite. My mom's anxiety is soooo bad that she is losing weight. I remember when I spoke with someone back in 2013, who had anxiety, they told me about how their anxiety made them lose weight and how she lose her appetite.

Anxiety absolutely steals my appetite,
i am in recovery from anorexia and one off my biggest challenges is eating while anxious.
My dietician has impressed upon me how important and helpful it is to eat on a schedule,even setting an alarm for meal times if i need to.
It has been hard though,and lately i have found myself missing meals because the very thought of eating makes me feel ill.It is all anxiety.
i am supposed to try no matter what though,and i have noticed that sometimes as i am forcing myself to eat,my appetite does get stirred up,and i actually start to feel hungry.
But i have got to force myself first.

i empathize.Eating while anxious isn't easy.

You're not alone I get like this too on the daily. My anxiety affects my stomach the most and most days I don't ever feel hungry so like you I have to make myself eat to try to keep my energy up. You're doing the right thing by eating the nutritious foods and the doctor recommended me to try high calorie shakes as you can sip on these throughout the day so that might help. I've also lost a lot of weight the past few months but try to increase your food intake throughout the day. So instead of trying to make yourself eat 3 big meals a day, eat smaller meals but more frequently

Hope this helps!!

I can do both--generally I will stress eat--but when my anxiety gets REALLY bad I completely lose my appetite and have no desire to eat--that's when I know I'm in a really bad way.

Yep...I am the exact same way you are. I really struggle to eat and have to force food. I also get the chewing sensation of it getting bigger and hard to swallow. I typically keep a water bottle on me at all times and when I eat and get that sensation I take a drink and use the water to push the food down.

I am the same. No appetite at all. I just lost 20# since March. I would sit at the table and think all you have to do is chew and swallow. I also have a water bottle to wash it down. It’s really tough.

Anxiety makes it hard for me to eat, currently it is difficulty because it is hard to breath making it hard to eat. I have had this trouble for about a year now and it sucks tbh. I force feed myself and always have a bottle of water to get food down. I would love to just sit down and eat whatever I wanted in a calm, normal way without the assistance of water or having trouble breathing.

Your stomach is a second brain. Both of your brains are very interconnected, more than most people know. Your appetite changing is just one of the many gastrointestinal symptoms of anxiety