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Posted by fluffycat on December 11, 2004, at 14:57:25
Looking through the posts (and recalling my experience) it seems that not eating is often a sign of depression. What about nervousness?
When I'm in an ongoing nervous state (ie. crush, stressful job or home life, etc.) I tend to stop eating. I've never been diagnosed with an eating disorder and have only become underweight a few times (not severely). Is this considered 'normal' behavior? Do others get this way too?
I do it to feel more in control of my life, I think, as well as part of that 'fight-or-flight' feeling that comes with nervousness/anxiety (this last sentence is why I added the *triggers* part, I'm really clueless about them but thought it might be a good idea to add that just in case). I think this not eating/perpetual stress may have actually contributed to the one manic episode I've had (which was earlier this year).
Posted by Poet on December 14, 2004, at 21:21:25
In reply to nervousness affecting eating *triggers*, posted by fluffycat on December 11, 2004, at 14:57:25
Hi Fluffycat,
I think if you eat or don't eat depends on the person. Among all that ails me is social anxiety and I used to get sick to my stomach after speaking to or meeting groups of people. That nervous, scary feeling made me not eat.
I know that flight or fight feeling and for me it comes with a nervous stomach. Though I am bulimic, so you'd think that I'd over eat when nervous. I don't eat when I'm in a major depression either.
Poet
Posted by chaaya on January 30, 2005, at 1:46:32
In reply to nervousness affecting eating *triggers*, posted by fluffycat on December 11, 2004, at 14:57:25
I always lose my appetite when I am stressed. I've been this way for ever. I've been really stressed lately and this time I have become anorexic.
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