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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 379515" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>What do you mean you are tired and emotionally drained?? LOL!! (JK)</p><p></p><p>Actually, I didn't clarify but meant in general- maybe tomorrow or this weekend. </p><p></p><p>As far as how a person is feeling thru all this (the person going thru it), it probably differs from person to person and based on the underlying cause. Mine started as stress although I did have PTSD but wasn't aware of it at the time. Mine started with my stomachs in knots so much that I didn't have an appetite, then after trying to make myself eat after a couple of days, I threw it up- not intentionally- just due to stress and my stomach feeling so unsettled. That went on for weeks with me losing weight and having a more and more difficult time eating. I was married and my husband was physically abusive and I was stressing over how to get away from him for good, the guilt over pondering a divorce, and the reality that this meant I had to return to my mother's house to live and get her assistance with a divorce attny. After a couple of months going thru this and drastic weight loss, it really is hard to eat much at any given time. (Think about it- the stomach shrinks, the metabolism had changed, supposedly the enzymes or whatever in the stomach change, etc) My mother yelled at me over it, hounded me over it, accused me of trying to do it out of manipulation or for attention, etc. None of that was true and the more she hounded, the less I felt like eating because the more stressed I was and I knew she wouldn't leave it alone if I ate one bite- she would constantly push for more. After dropping to less than 85 pounds she startetd yelling about dying and hospitals and feeding tubes.</p><p></p><p>I left the next day while she was at work and joined the military. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> (The recruiter and I had to..well...stretch a few things in order to get me in because I was underweight.)</p><p></p><p>By the time I was out of boot camp, I was being told to watch my weight- I might need to lose a few pounds. LOL!!</p><p></p><p>Mind you though, I never had a phobia over choking and I was 18 yo and had a clear cause of major stress in my life that I was able to get away from. So I'm not telling all this because I think the circumstances are the same, cleearly they aren't. Just to try to add a little insight and offer suggestions and let you know that when she starts to eat again, it can't be expected to suddenly go back to regular meals- her body probably won't be able to and it will have to be gradual. Just like when a child is starting to get over the flu, we just start by offering a sip of liquid or soup. If that stays down, we offer a little more a few hours later. If it takes days to get back to eating regular meals, or even mini-meals, so be it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 379515, member: 3699"] What do you mean you are tired and emotionally drained?? LOL!! (JK) Actually, I didn't clarify but meant in general- maybe tomorrow or this weekend. As far as how a person is feeling thru all this (the person going thru it), it probably differs from person to person and based on the underlying cause. Mine started as stress although I did have PTSD but wasn't aware of it at the time. Mine started with my stomachs in knots so much that I didn't have an appetite, then after trying to make myself eat after a couple of days, I threw it up- not intentionally- just due to stress and my stomach feeling so unsettled. That went on for weeks with me losing weight and having a more and more difficult time eating. I was married and my husband was physically abusive and I was stressing over how to get away from him for good, the guilt over pondering a divorce, and the reality that this meant I had to return to my mother's house to live and get her assistance with a divorce attny. After a couple of months going thru this and drastic weight loss, it really is hard to eat much at any given time. (Think about it- the stomach shrinks, the metabolism had changed, supposedly the enzymes or whatever in the stomach change, etc) My mother yelled at me over it, hounded me over it, accused me of trying to do it out of manipulation or for attention, etc. None of that was true and the more she hounded, the less I felt like eating because the more stressed I was and I knew she wouldn't leave it alone if I ate one bite- she would constantly push for more. After dropping to less than 85 pounds she startetd yelling about dying and hospitals and feeding tubes. I left the next day while she was at work and joined the military. :) (The recruiter and I had to..well...stretch a few things in order to get me in because I was underweight.) By the time I was out of boot camp, I was being told to watch my weight- I might need to lose a few pounds. LOL!! Mind you though, I never had a phobia over choking and I was 18 yo and had a clear cause of major stress in my life that I was able to get away from. So I'm not telling all this because I think the circumstances are the same, cleearly they aren't. Just to try to add a little insight and offer suggestions and let you know that when she starts to eat again, it can't be expected to suddenly go back to regular meals- her body probably won't be able to and it will have to be gradual. Just like when a child is starting to get over the flu, we just start by offering a sip of liquid or soup. If that stays down, we offer a little more a few hours later. If it takes days to get back to eating regular meals, or even mini-meals, so be it. [/QUOTE]
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