Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I have two options of things to eat tonight... Ramen noodles (And i think i can give myself a bit of leeway with this because I have been doing so much better with actually consuming protein and not just carbs.. I haven't had ramen in over a week now.. Just been eating good protein.. I'm not usually so obsessive about my diet but since it's been a hard few months emotionally and in other ways.. I'm trying to get a little healthier with it...
So the other option is a hot pocket, which are good.. But i've had multiple panic attacks because of this little breakfast food (or dinner food, whatever) One time was back in September.. I freaked out because my brother left it out of the freezer for 30 minutes and I literally thought i was going to get food poisoning from it and die... That was the night I came out of the closet (so to speak) about having feelings for my best friend though.. So unwanted stress probably had more to do with anxiety than what I was eating.. Another time was this month, after not eating lunch for a good two weeks.. I had a hot pocket during the day and got a stomach ache.. and then again one night had a hot pocket.. stomach ache.. (Those were also both fridays.. So thats a pattern).
It's just my thinking about the hot pocket that makes me scared of eating it and it giving me a stomach ache.. It doesn't induce anxiety, I induce anxiety.. I feel bad if i don't eat it though because my mom bought it for me :/ What should I do?
And does ANYONE have any resources for food-type anxiety like I post about on here often?
So the other option is a hot pocket, which are good.. But i've had multiple panic attacks because of this little breakfast food (or dinner food, whatever) One time was back in September.. I freaked out because my brother left it out of the freezer for 30 minutes and I literally thought i was going to get food poisoning from it and die... That was the night I came out of the closet (so to speak) about having feelings for my best friend though.. So unwanted stress probably had more to do with anxiety than what I was eating.. Another time was this month, after not eating lunch for a good two weeks.. I had a hot pocket during the day and got a stomach ache.. and then again one night had a hot pocket.. stomach ache.. (Those were also both fridays.. So thats a pattern).
It's just my thinking about the hot pocket that makes me scared of eating it and it giving me a stomach ache.. It doesn't induce anxiety, I induce anxiety.. I feel bad if i don't eat it though because my mom bought it for me :/ What should I do?
And does ANYONE have any resources for food-type anxiety like I post about on here often?
I used to be very anxious about getting bacteria from not washed hands, touching food with not washed hands or such things (both when I lived in Ukraine and in USA-whole my life). Lately, after I got into Ukrainian mental hospital for two mounths where there was not any opportunity to keep sterile environment like I did most of my adult life, the anxiety about contamination with bacteria went away for good. Earlier I would have 2 hour panic attack if somebody would make me eat anything in hospital or even after visiting hospital without eating I would still for couple of hour think that I was sick. Only way to get rid of it is to have exposure to a lot of it.
Have lost weight due to not eating because I was too anxious, went down to 75 pounds, I'm 5'7.
Was committed to psych hospital for that, anxiety-weight loss
I wash my hands before I eat, and carry around hand sanitizer, I used to worry about food poisoning, but not so much now, I am careful about expiration dates, how the food looks, and I don't eat at certain restaurants because I used to work there, KNOW that they are not so clean
At one point I thought my food was being tampered with (I had paranoia) Now I just try to be careful. I really don't worry about it too much because I don't eat stuff like eggs too often or foods that can be contaminated, I wash all my fruit well, keep stuff in sealed containers in fridge.
DON'T feel guilty to eat what you don't want, been there, I would not eat what my mom cooked many times.
I don't knwo what to say about the hot pocket that won't bring out my own issues- orthorexia- I couldn't go near a hot pocket, or ramen. But if you think it will make you sick, it will. Mind over matter works in the negative too.