Nyan
22-05-12, 18:08
Hi there,
I have suffered from health anxiety for a while now on and off. (Mainly on!)
As I grew up I went through a few bouts of bad anxiety where I just couldn't eat, some lasted for a good 6/7 months and then my appetite eventually came back.
I have gained a bit of weight recently and I have recently become aware of this but instead deciding to eat more healthily I had one of my special moments. I started to feel upset and worry about anorexia. I have never before worried about my weight and during the phases of being unable to eat properly I knew it was just my anxiety. Now, I am finding it difficult to eat and am scared witless that I am becoming anorexic as I have put on weight and found it got me down a bit.
What I can't tell in my mind if this is just health anxiety rearing its head with a new illness for me to worry about (and giving me the symptoms of such as not being able to eat lots and checking myself), or if I am developing a problem. In the past everything that I have been scared I have had have been physical ailments, such as cancer, HIV, ME and fibromyalgia. Being scared of having a mental illness is completely new to me and I am finding it really hard to work out in my mind. Part of me is just telling me the stress of stressing about it has made me loose my appetite, and the other half of me is petrified I am developing an eating disorder.
Any advice greatly appreciated, sorry if this is long and rambely!
Thanks :)
I have suffered from health anxiety for a while now on and off. (Mainly on!)
As I grew up I went through a few bouts of bad anxiety where I just couldn't eat, some lasted for a good 6/7 months and then my appetite eventually came back.
I have gained a bit of weight recently and I have recently become aware of this but instead deciding to eat more healthily I had one of my special moments. I started to feel upset and worry about anorexia. I have never before worried about my weight and during the phases of being unable to eat properly I knew it was just my anxiety. Now, I am finding it difficult to eat and am scared witless that I am becoming anorexic as I have put on weight and found it got me down a bit.
What I can't tell in my mind if this is just health anxiety rearing its head with a new illness for me to worry about (and giving me the symptoms of such as not being able to eat lots and checking myself), or if I am developing a problem. In the past everything that I have been scared I have had have been physical ailments, such as cancer, HIV, ME and fibromyalgia. Being scared of having a mental illness is completely new to me and I am finding it really hard to work out in my mind. Part of me is just telling me the stress of stressing about it has made me loose my appetite, and the other half of me is petrified I am developing an eating disorder.
Any advice greatly appreciated, sorry if this is long and rambely!
Thanks :)