Food/Health Anxiety

[Kelsey22]

I was having a really good couple of weeks. I haven’t had a full-blown panic attack in almost a month (tomorrow). I have found and implemented so many positive strategies for managing my physical sensations and intrusive thoughts.

But today has been hard.

I felt a difference in my anxiety when I cut out caffeine. So I thought maybe there are more dietary changes I could make that would help even more. So I read a book called “The Anti Anxiety Diet” and while I was reading it felt helpful, but after the fact it has truly triggered my food/health anxiety.

I am back to fearing that anything I eat might cause a panic attack, and had a really intense anxiety spike after dinner because I had intrusive thoughts that I was all of the sudden going to be allergic to something I ate. Even to the point where my lips were tingling.

I am so tired of this struggle. I know we have good days and bad and it’s all a journey but I am so sick of feeling afraid of things that I never even used to think about.

Can anyone relate? Is there anything you’ve done to help quell these food-related anxieties?

[Trish23]

I think we want to try to understand what causes this so badly that every thing goes under a microscope. I hate that I think about everything. I get scared that I will never think normal again. Sometimes it is hard to remember what I think about when I am not anxious. I want so badly to just enjoy life that I get super sad. Keep pushing. Try deep breathing so to slow it a little.