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[LilyLinton]

so its said that if you are not healthy mentally it affects your physical body too. that is what i am going through rn. i havent had anything to eat in last 24 hours. its hard you know to keep food down, any moment i could choke. i dont want to feel like this and i am trying to not feel like this but nothing helps. idk what to do.

[Treehugger75]

I’m sorry you are going through this. I’ve been there; it sucks. I don’t have any magic words of advice, but I am here for you. We are not alone in this; we are here to support each other any way we can. Hugs!

[LilyLinton in reply to Treehugger75]

tysm i really dont want to feel like this

[Treehugger75 in reply to LilyLinton]

No one deserves to feel like this. Is there any small step you can think of that might help even for a moment? Sometimes, a warm lavender bath or a cup of tea that smells really nice helps me.

[Hidden]

Try not to think of yourself unhealthy mentally, I think that places an unnessasary label on yourself. You can keep yourself healthy physically with depression and anxiety.

I became underweight (very) but I’m no longer there now. Drink protien shakes, smoothies, ice cream, anything that will get calories in. I don’t know the scope or severity of these feelings and ignoring hunger cues you have. If your hydrating or not.

If you absolutely cannot not eat a thing or drink protein shakes, etc, please see your doctor. While 24 hours isn’t going to cause harm, please try to keep it from spiraling. 🌺💜

[LilyLinton in reply to Hidden]

i am trying

[Lazy_dog_lover]

Yes, absolutely your brain chemistry changes. It may be upsetting your stomach, but you may have had a bug and now your brain perceives that feeling and connects it with brain chemistry.

I don't know if it is considered psychosomatic or misperception or if there is a GI issue. See a doctor to rule out GI issue.

Do you perseverate on it every time you go to eat something? If I tell you not to think about a purple gorilla, what is the first thing you think of? A purple gorilla. If you think about the upset, you will cause the upset.

Good luck.

[LilyLinton]

no its not a stomach bug....i tend to make myself sick with overthinking and stress, not the first time either

[BluePeppermint]

I just joined the group this morning, but I felt this exact same way for about a week or two last month. Barely eating, not keeping down what I was eating, and it was definitely me doing it to myself. I wasn't sleeping either. Do you have anyone in your life that knows what you are going through? When I started having panic attacks I reached out to my family. Turns out my 18 year old niece gets panic attacks fairly regularly. I have a large family and several of my cousins have depression/anxiety/panic attacks. You are not alone. Have you tried anything to ease your mind? I have been trying various things to help me sleep, and once I starting sleeping better, the rest of it slowly started returning to normal.

I keep Gatorade and Pedialyte on hand for those days I'm having trouble eating, so I make sure I stay hydrated. Feel better.

[Jacnbhc]

Appetite and sleep are two of the things that are near impossible to do when I’m suffering. I force down food with water because I know I need it. I made it 4 weeks with no sleep, constant racing anxiety. No focus, no concentration. After 4 weeks something changed and it became depression. Brushing my teeth felt like the stations of the cross. I was hospitalized after I tried to end the constant pain of living in my mind. I truly believed that I would never enjoy anything ever again. But something happened in the hospital. Maybe it was the change of scenery or sterility and structure of the ward. And a good dr. I was given, of all things, gabaentian - a nerve pain med. it relit my mind somehow and I finally had that feeling of this is ridiculous, I’m a descent person. Of course, I emerge and relapse but I know I can be better, because it’s happened before. I have hope to live with a quite mind. But sometimes I just have to say to myself f*** it. Then I could work on rationalizing my feelings. There was good reasons for my illnesses. Family suicides and a crappy childhood. It made it seem more rational to me when I got to so of the underlying emotions. Low self esteem, unrealistic and warped sense of failure and so on. Just keep working and living. Force down food and run. Sleep. Well, a unquite mind sometimes needs some medication. Sleep and food are the foundation of living. We can only go so long before breaking down.