Just need a friend or someone who understands

[Tink1716 1]

I have really bad health anxiety I have since I was young! Now being older you would think I could control it but I just can’t! My biggest thing is when I get to worrying about something I completely lose my appetite! Like the thought, smell, or even thinking of food makes me nauseous and gag! So right now I have a crazy bruise on my foot it won’t heal I been to the er 3 times and all blood work and X-rays come out fine but I can’t get my appetite back!  But no one in my family understands me especially my husband and it’s lonely! I’m only 5’1 and lost about 6 lbs (so I weigh about 90lbs right now)in the last 10 days and I would just like a friend or someone that goes through similar experience with eating! Everyone thinks I want to be this way to not be able to eat and I’m just struggling to get out of this crazy cycle!

Sincerely Just someone looking for a friend or someone who understands 

[Ironman 199]

8 hours ago, Tink1716 said:

I have really bad health anxiety I have since I was young! Now being older you would think I could control it but I just can’t! My biggest thing is when I get to worrying about something I completely lose my appetite! Like the thought, smell, or even thinking of food makes me nauseous and gag! So right now I have a crazy bruise on my foot it won’t heal I been to the er 3 times and all blood work and X-rays come out fine but I can’t get my appetite back!  But no one in my family understands me especially my husband and it’s lonely! I’m only 5’1 and lost about 6 lbs (so I weigh about 90lbs right now)in the last 10 days and I would just like a friend or someone that goes through similar experience with eating! Everyone thinks I want to be this way to not be able to eat and I’m just struggling to get out of this crazy cycle!

Sincerely Just someone looking for a friend or someone who understands 

Anxiety causes nausea for me.  Is there a cream you could put on the bruise?  I would think there would be a product or two.  

If the doctors have said there is nothing wrong, then you need to go with that.  

Eventually, you will get your appetite back.  Just make sure you are really worrying about things that you should be; the rest isn't worth the brain cells.

[Tink1716 1]

So it’s not that the bruise hurts or anything it just won’t go away! It’s been 14 days and takes up my whole top of my foot and ankle! I went to the er and they did blood tests, tests for clotting, and few others and they all came back normal! I have to see a podiatrist on Thursday (feeling a bit nervous)

but my nausea with anxiety just won’t let me eat I mean it can go on for weeks and nobody understands! But I am not one that can afford to lose not even a pound! Just wishing there was ways to help! I been dealing with this for about 25 years but as I get older it gets harder on my old self 😂 

thank you so much for reaching out I appreciate it

[Ironman 199]

18 hours ago, Tink1716 said:

So it’s not that the bruise hurts or anything it just won’t go away! It’s been 14 days and takes up my whole top of my foot and ankle! I went to the er and they did blood tests, tests for clotting, and few others and they all came back normal! I have to see a podiatrist on Thursday (feeling a bit nervous)

but my nausea with anxiety just won’t let me eat I mean it can go on for weeks and nobody understands! But I am not one that can afford to lose not even a pound! Just wishing there was ways to help! I been dealing with this for about 25 years but as I get older it gets harder on my old self 😂 

thank you so much for reaching out I appreciate it

WIth a bruise, it's not really the clotting.....the blood kind of disperses.  It will actually turn red, then green and yellow.  It doesn't clot, which is a good thing.  They might be concerned that it isn't clearing, but I would bet there is a medication or cream to help.

With anxiety, we need to learn what is worth worrying about - filtering out what we can change versus what we can't.  In your case, you went to the doctor with a legitimate concern.  That is good - you stepped up and handled the anxiety correctly.  It's the unknowns that we have to work, because it is easy to make things bigger than they should be and worry about it.   Then......when we are better at handling things, we go through a stage where we worry because we aren't worrying like were used to anymore....

I get the nausea thing - that's me to a T.  When I had moderate to severe anxiety (and I had PTSD levels in 2004-2005), I remember going a whole day eating half a Wendy's value meal....and only drinking half of the soda.  I was afraid to eat anything more that day.   Dehydration could have easily been an issue.  It's hard to get out of the cycle of thinking, but we have to do it.  Eventually, you will get your appetite back.