I remember, roughly ten years ago, when I was asked my opinion on the most important meal of the day. I was quick to answer, "The one you can eat," only to be met with looks of confusion. I have had disordered eating since my teenage years, but only now at forty am I finding out that this is an actual diagnosable disorder. While eating and everything related to it remains a constant encumbrance, I can at least stop blaming myself for being so dysfunctional. ⁷³👽⁸⁸

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I'm in such a tough spot rn cause I feel like I have this (pun unintentional) it's just a gut feeling. I don't fit all criteria but I fit must of it and I have a really bad habit of binging two rows of oreos and the chocolate or chips afterwards and I feel so damn awful! I hate it! I wish I could stop but I can't. It's worse during school cuz I do it almost everything I get home from school and I'm alone in the kitchen. It pains me so much... I had gained 30 pounds in one semester and can't get the numbers back down. I hate myself so much but can't get on a diet because my parents would get mad with me or just be unhelpful. I literally can't stand my existence, I hate eating in front of others cuz I know how piggy I look. I've sworn to myself when I get older and my own place, I'm going to do everything under the sun to fix myself Sorry for ranting

Every time I eat it becomes a binge eating episode. I always eat until I throw up or are close to throwing up. I’m barely ever physically hungry, but if i’m not uncomfortably full, my brain tells me that i’m hungry. I get scared whenever I eat because I know that it’ll become an episode. I don’t feel in control with myself during these episodes. Sometimes when there’s not food around, I eat bits of the skin from my lips and from different parts of my face in order to make me feel slightly better. I’ve told my parents about this and they said that it’s normal for pre-teen people to eat this way.

I was recently diagnosed with arfid, mine comes from trauma. Not deserving enough to eat.

Someone I know who has add and other mental disorders is binge eating all the food then throwing it all up. It's a lot of food too like for example butter chicken, lasagna then had two bowls of cheese macaroni and a sandwich. I mention this to coz I feel we can all binge eating every now and then and it's normal. But my friend takes it on a whole new level and it's become quite a problem.

Good! Another way to exploit insecure and spoiled people.

Thank you ❤

Thanks❤

“Go to a therapist” “See a psychiatrist” “Why don’t you go to a psychologist” “Please see a doctor”. My brother in Christ, if i had the fucking money i would.

Thank you for sharing your story ❤

Guys I know I’m late but does anyone else eat once a day? Like right when they wake up because they feel like they can’t eat the rest of the day because they feel like they can’t eat past a certain time? I hope I make sense but I been struggling with this for the past year now I’m going so skinny and it’s scaring me atp😭

I have an intense problem with certain food textures. I also lack the motivation or drive to eat so I end up skipping at least one of the three daily meals every day. I am not sure if it's really arfid but this has been the best describtion of my issues so far

😮 my therapist told me to listen to this what are my anxiety and when I'm anxious at night trying to sleep

I believe stress/anger/anxiety is starting to physically manifest in my body. This was SO helpful. Thank you!! 🙏🏼

Great all round PMR. I loved it❤

How to get rid of this problem

I pretty much only eat chicken french fries, rice, steak, pizza. Most other foods stink and seem gross to me.

Practising along with this video is really helping me live a better life, thank you so much for this.

My daughter has this. She also has autism. It is very, very common for autistic people to have this, according to about 4 doctors we have seen.

I’ve been made fun of by my family and friends my entire life because I cannot eat food and everything is so disgusting to me or I don’t like the texture and knowing this just makes me feel so much comfort in life

I used to force myself to eat and then puke everything and never wanted to eat anything at all. I basically was disgusted by food and would get the urge to puke it out the moment I'd swallow it , DO I have this condition??

Really good material, I am very grateful for this being posted as a resource.

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I feel too relaxed after this 😅 very helpful video. Found I was calmer after and more aware of my body and thoughts.

i REALLY love all the choices we are given in this video. it makes me feel less uncomfortable following along

I eat because of very distressed by something that's happened in my environment. I'm 5 stone 8. I walk it all off. I avoid the kitchen like the plague. I have a six pack. Something reduced me to tears yesterday. Today it was the same. Im just not going to buy the food next week. Dinner is also going to be moved to a less high risk time. My overweight house bullies me and that gets hard to deal with. Once made oreo cheesecake and served everyone but me. That hurt. We are not on speaking terms. She also brings her cat upstairs and ive a cat phobia. To be fair it's her pet.

Oh look, another made up disease

1: No. 2: Yes. 3: No. 4: Doesn't this apply to every one? lol

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I’m 65, 5’11” & at 13st 5lbs as a teenager I was told I was clinically obese & should be 9.5 stone. I’ve dieted all my life, lost 60 pounds 10 years ago only to regain it within months & then some. So now I’m 20st 7lbs & at my age I’m struggling to not gain. I have degenerative disc disease (DDD) because of being heavy all my life so I’m now immobile too. If I hadn’t been told I was obese as a teenager I’d be ok now 🤷🏻‍♀️

It is so typical of ERC to tell an eating disorder patient to loose weight!

Thank GOD you were sprung from that horrible place!

Just eat

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I’ve been afraid of foods since l was a little boy. I think the cause of it was when my mum gave me a bowl of mashed boiled eggs and after eating it l threw it up and cried. Since then l only eat bland food. There are 3 things that l look for in my food which is looks,texture and smell. 99% of foods l haven’t tried are a big no to me. People say “how do you know you don’t like it until you try it” my response is “ l know what shit looks like but l still wouldn’t taste it”. Most of my life l would only eat one or two of the same meal over and over. Right now l’m 45 and l only eat Vienna breads top crust that l have to peal off and half a can of frozen whipped cream. Sooner or later l will find something different to eat.

Progressive ultra woke leftist shit

You know what's really fatphobic? Your body.

I have this. I'm 250lbs, 6"4. I'll usually have my dinner around 6pm however around 11pm i always open up the bag of chips, a few chocolate bars and a large coke. I even go McDonald's afterwards. I've been doing this everyday for months. Makes me feel like crap and can't control it. However, the pain in my stomach numbs the emotional pain i have from years of trauma. I do have periods where i diet, lose weight and excersie . However i usually end up comparing my body to other people's bodies and start feeling inferior. Ill stop everything and revert right back to binging and the vicious cycle repeats. So i guess i have body/muscle dysmorphia too

Is it arfid if I hate the feeling of being full? I usually never eat until I feel full because even 50% of the meal makes me feel like I'll vomit even tho obviously I ate kids meal so eating the whole thing sounds like a nightmare while already feeling sick

I don’t understand why people try to force foods on me and make me feel bad about being a picky eater. I tell them that even though I want to try new foods I cannot do it. No matter how much I tell myself to eat it or how good everyone says the food is, I can’t do it. It fills me with so much fear and I freeze. I cannot put the food in my mouth at all. It feels like my body blocks me from doing it. No matter how much I want to I can’t try anything new and I don’t know how to overcome it. The few times I’ve tried new foods they have had bad textures and then I can’t eat food for the next few days. I am always really embarrassed about this so I avoid being in social situations with food. However, I was recently diagnosed with a thyroid condition that prevents me from eating gluten, soy, dairy, eggs, and many more things. It puts me in tons of pain to eat foods with those ingredients. All of the “safe” foods I have contain those ingredients so I have relapsed into a horrible pattern of not eating. I feel like I am losing control. I can barely manage to eat a full meal anymore and I can only do it after being hungry to the point where my body desperately needs food. I only eat protein bars and almond milk now and I feel so embarrassed and sad about it. What can I do to deal with this? Specifically, how can I overcome the shame? How can I find new foods to eat? I am currently nutrient deficient in most categories and I need to find an alternative to what I am currently doing.

This one helps always ❤ i keep coming back 🥰

Thank you sooooooooooo much ❤

I can’t stop 😢

I say I eat to live most ppl leave to eat! I’m 39 when I just realized what I’ve been dealing with my whole life!!

I wish this side of eating disorders was more focused on. Society only cares as far as looks go unfortunately. They make my problem worse because everyone tells me I look great and I shouldn't feel bad but it's not about how I look. It's about how I struggle to eat every single day. It's like a constant battle. It's that I don't have any energy and I'm normally hyperactive and super energetic. It's that no one takes it seriously except doctors who just recommend that I see a dietitians but then I can't get a hold of any dietitians. You call and they don't answer or return the calls. And then their visits are expensive and you have long wait times until you can be seen. And everyone just says I need to eat more. Like 🙄 no sh*t. Thanks for the advice 💀. It's not like I don't want to. I just CAN'T. Sometimes I just wanna cry because of how frustrating it is to want to eat but literally not have energy to eat. Nor actually have any motivation to eat. And my family doesn't help. So I'm just stranded.

I have never had much of a drive to eat, even when really hungry. Ill walk around the kitchen looking at things i could eat, knowing which things i can stomach ok most of the time and then just walk away, feeling as if its just not worth it. Its not about laziness, cause i will spend minutes walking around looking for something my brain will say yes to, but no matter how simple or complex something is to make doesn’t matter, my brain will say no thats disgusting or you dont need that or force me to nearly gag at the thought of eating it (even with foods i enjoy).

Please add subtitles in Spanish so that these videos are made available for more people.

i binge every night, every day… im so ashamed and i don’t know who to turn to