Ocd vs arfid

Hello! I have been struggling with eating recently and im not sure if its because of ocd related to food or if it is arfid… im scared of certain foods triggering acne or causing allergic reactions so much so that i lost a significant amount of weight in one month- some foods do truly cause acne for me and i do have diagnosed ocd and im only allergic to mangoes- but yeah like some days i eat just fjne but others i really really struggle and end up on eating at all and just sobbing- nothing feels safe even though i safely eat lots if things- i tell myself its gonna trigger me this time or make my skin worse (i also have a chronic skin condition)- like I dont know i feel like i can barely eat but i love food- or at least loved it- i dont mind textures or anything- i love odd textures of food 😭😭 but its just im so scared and i feel like something bad is going to happen- can anyone who has experienced either arfid or food related ocd themes tell me their experience?

Kim27

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 12h

It sounds like ocd to me but I don't have this type of ocd

avantika

Date posted: 12h

@Kim27 thats understandable- ive never had ocd thats affected my eating before this- or anything physical really- but it evokes the same feelings my other themes have- like i NEED to solve this NOWWWWW. And also as though lifes gonna end if i eat anything- ive had veryyy significant so-ocd, rocd, health ocd- in the past and the feelinfs are identical- its just so new and scary to see physical effects of OCD 😭

Kim27

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 12h

@avantika Yes some people on this app have said they were so sure the food and water were contaminated that they got very dehydrated and lost weight. Do you feel like something bad will happen if you eat

avantika

Date posted: 12h

@Kim27 Yeah i feel like its gonna cause acne or im gonna turn allergic- acne has always been a contamination thing for me- like i also wash my face and hands too much bc of that fear

Kim27

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 12h

@avantika Do you have a therapist that specializes in ocd. ERP therapy and the right medicine have really helped me

Kim27

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 12h

@avantika Yes it's ocd. The compulsions are not eating and washing

avantika

Date posted: 12h

@Kim27 i live in the middle of nowhere so I dont know about erp- 😭😭 i was in cbt counselling for a while but did not help AT ALL which is understandable for ocd

Kim27

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 12h

@avantika You can get a therapist that specializes in ocd on this app. All therapists are specially trained in Exposure Response Prevention therapy a form of cbt. It's about sitting with uncertainty or anxiety until your anxiety level comes down. You are doing the compulsions to alleviate your anxiety. However the compulsion feed ocd and make it worse. Talk therapy can make it worse too. You can't reassure yourself out of it. You have to say maybe this food will give me acne maybe it won't. You can do a free 15 minute call with nocd and they can connect you with a therapist online. They take many different kinds of insurance. Do you have a psychiatrist? I fired my psychiatrist of 15 years and found a wonderful psychiatrist. I'm 58 and was diagnosed with ocd last year. I started nocd in May after 10 months of being in a very dark place thinking I will never get better. Just became a nocd conqueror in Oct. You have to get some help so you can eat and drink and stay healthy. Also your mental health too. You can get better

Kim27

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 11h

@avantika Do you take medication. What state do you live in? D o you have insurance? There are also free support groups on this app too

avantika

Date posted: 10h

@Kim27 - I live in canada and im 17- I don't take meds bc my parents lowkey slander it and ocd itself 😭

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