Hello,
I wanted to see if anyone else had been in a similar boat with dealing with eating disorders along with their battles with crohn's disease.
I find myself becoming extremely obsessive and paranoid about eating anything. I have to remind myself that I have to eat in order to obtain nutrition, but I think after dealing with the pain and possible lack of control over what happens when I do eat things (pain, bloating, running back and forth to the bathroom, nauseau) that just the idea of eating really can be hard.
I wouldn't consider myself to be anorexic as I am clearly overweight, but I find I have developed a preoccupation with food and fear of eating. I get terrified at the idea of going out to eat with a group, or eating out. I'd like to have a much healthier way of looking at the situation.
Has anyone else had any coping strategies that have helped them with becoming comfortable with food?
I wanted to see if anyone else had been in a similar boat with dealing with eating disorders along with their battles with crohn's disease.
I find myself becoming extremely obsessive and paranoid about eating anything. I have to remind myself that I have to eat in order to obtain nutrition, but I think after dealing with the pain and possible lack of control over what happens when I do eat things (pain, bloating, running back and forth to the bathroom, nauseau) that just the idea of eating really can be hard.
I wouldn't consider myself to be anorexic as I am clearly overweight, but I find I have developed a preoccupation with food and fear of eating. I get terrified at the idea of going out to eat with a group, or eating out. I'd like to have a much healthier way of looking at the situation.
Has anyone else had any coping strategies that have helped them with becoming comfortable with food?