Hi, I am a young teenage girl. I have always had anxiety from a young age, anemia and I'm not sure but I think I may have a mild eating disorder. In middle school, I had low self-esteem and disliked my body shape as at the time, many girls around me were speaking of the thigh gap etc. Thankfully I got over that and although I have a few troubling thoughts some times, it's not as bad as before. Recently, I have had really bad eating habits. I have been eating breakfast, not eating at school and eating whatever junk food I see. A bit more recently, I random thought popped in my head, telling me not to eat and maybe just have dinner. I'm not sure where it came from or why I felt that way but that's why it scared me the most. It basically made me feel like I enjoyed not eating, like it was becoming a routine for me. These past few days, every time I eat junk food, I feel like I'm cheating and I feel upset or sick. It mainly happened today, as it was my first day of starting this. I didn't eat until I felt emotionally unstable and starving and then I binged. I felt really upset after and then during dinner, every time I dished out pasta I didn't stop eating but I felt like I was going to throw up. I'm not sure what's wrong with me and I'm really scared so if anyone knows please tell me, thanks so much.
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I think I have an eating disorder and I'm scared.
Hi there,Well done for reaching out to someone.its so tough to do that sometimes isnt it.
When i was in my teens i woke up one day and something told me i couldnt swallow food.so for two years i ate soup and nothing more.i was convinced i would choke and die.it literally just came from no where but at the time i was going through a tough time and it was almost an escape.
Sometimes people have a random thought and it can become all consuming and start to take over your life.the best thing that i can suggest and what i did was went to speak to my doctor and my mum.they were both fantastic and not judgmental and slowly i started to have less of the thoughts around choking.
There is nothing wrong with you at all.life and society have changed so much over the years and there is a constant pressure to be or behave a certain way.its exhausting.
I would say speak to somebody that you trust who can help you and be there for you and everything will be okay in the end x