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Anxiety and Food

LynnsListeningEar July 2nd, 2022

Ever since I got diagnosed with ADHD, I can see more clearly all the places where my ADHD triggered anxiety steps in and everything else falls away. I can barely eat (not that it happens much while I'm on my meds anyway), and every time I'm hungry I think I'm anxious and vice versa. It's awful. Add to that, past performance anxiety where I stress over every single embarrassing detail I have done in the past month (or life). And talking to people? Sometimes that's even worse. At least while listening on 7 cups, I feel more centered, if only because it's not about me.

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ArielKn July 15th, 2022

@LynnsListeningEar Hey, I stumbled into your post and found myself related to your words, toward your confusion. I myself once starting to see more clearly was so confused, so overwhelmed at any conversation, I found it difficult to complete a sentence. But as you wrote so well, once you start to see, you start to notice, you start to understand, and then you start to change and heal. For me, it was just as you wrote: a long and painful journey of observing plenty of small embarrassing details, overthinking that I will get fired over stuff only I noticed, or worse. But it was a liberating process, a beautiful journey that allowed me to help myself and close ones around me. I hope and wish your path to be smoother than mine, and hopefully much more beautiful. And at any point you want to reach out, I'm here

mamaswisdom52 July 18th, 2022

Hi there! How are you doing? I'm happy that here you have found people to share experience, problems and solutions. It happens very often to find someone else who have been through the same events and could cope with that. We can listen and try to be helpful. It worked with me and sure it will work for you

LynnsListeningEar OP July 22nd, 2022

It's been over a decade since I last legitimately wrote on a forum but yeah, that's essentially it. it's the struggle of wanting to make the small changes but the not judgning yourself is alwas harder than anticipated. At least we've got eachother to remember that it's worth it