Hello fellow Redditors, I'm suffering from a skin desease (excema, neurodermatitis) which is triggered by the intake of sugar. I have been hospitalized several times for cortisone treatment (topical on skin) which doesn't really help and seems to be pretty unhealthy. Unfortunatley I'm f*cking addicted to sugar, I'm almost abusing it as a drug. Whenever I am able to stay away from anything that contains sugar for 3 or 4 days, I relapse and buy sweets. I always feel very guilty afterwards (my skin keeps me up at night) but I am not able to stop. The craving for sweets or even bread that contain ..read more

I’m diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorder but I never got diagnosed with an ED. Everybody around me (friends, family, boyfriend) say I have an ED and that I should seek medical help. But the fact is that I feel fine, my doctor also thinks I’m fine (weight, normal blood tests) and I think the problem is the people around me who can’t understand my diet and lifestyle choices. My dad is an alcoholic so I perfectly understand the fact that sometimes when people have a problem, they refuse seeing it. Everybody around them can see they have an issue but they can’t, they become blind. I’m worried ..read more

Are there any online support groups that I can join to help guide me through my recovery journey? submitted by /u/LetterheadObvious393 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello I am 18yrs old and ive been binge eating way too much. I do it when my mom leaves for work. Im home alone and theres this loaning app and i use the money in that app to pay for my food and I secretly pay back that money from my mothers bank account by the end of the month without her knowledge. I REALLY REALLY want to put a stop to this. I literally eat for mo reason. I feel like I just need something in my mouth. I hate using my moms money for this. Please tell me what I can do to stop doing this. Im worried about my physical health and body as well. I dont want to continue this is lon ..read more

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I don't get disordered thoughts often now that I'm medicated, but I do still have them. Sometimes I'll feel fine eating a "normal" amount (I don't really know how much is normal and I feel skeptical about the amount of calories I'm supposed to eat), other times I won't want to eat at all and I'll feel like I'm greedy and glutenous for eating a bit, and then other times (like now) i feel bad eating anything that wasn't given to me, so if my parents hand me food ill eat it and feel ok but if I eat on my own I'll feel horrible. I used to purge, but I also didn't binge/purge it was just the purgi ..read more

I have issues with eating more food because of the symptoms I get after (dizzy, sleepy, brain fog, heart ache) I suppose my metabolism is quite slow right now. Have you experienced something like this? submitted by /u/c4thhy [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

hi, this is my first post so ill introduce slightly. im 16 and i think I've been struggling with an ed for almost a year now. and my mums becoming more worried about my eating habits and keeps pestering me to eat and is starting to get worried that I'm not. I want to tell her, but im scared to. i honestly think she's one of the reasons it started (she commented on my amount of food one night) and whenever I try she just doesn't understand or get it. i find it so hard to open up to her about all this and I need some advice on how to tell her that I do struggle with eating without being lecture ..read more

Hi I’m looking for advice or information on what this may be. My sister has lost ALOT of weight, seemingly very quickly. We used to workout together, but she does not workout anymore and states she just “stops eating when she’s full”. For a while I believed this, but she has become incredibly thin to the point where she is beginning to look unhealthy, she is basically skin and bones, her hair is thinning and not as thick as it used to be. I see her eat small portions, but I’m unsure if this is medical or an eating disorder. I mentioned this to her and told her my concern of this being somethi ..read more

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