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disordered eating

autileaf

i never really know how to discuss this with anyone. 

my first experience of struggling with eating was when i first wanted a flat stomach. however, this did not escalate much. 

currently: 

- weight is not a problem. in fact i enjoy excercising a lot and i don't think about weight much

- i feel as though i need to restrict my eating as form of control as i don't enjoy food controlling me

- i feel as though i have to plan out set times to eat

-because of past not allowing myself to eat, getting hungry upsets me

- i struggle with appetite in mornings that at school i get hungry but i'm very specific about what i eat and i can't deviate from that and only bring a specific amount to school

- i struggle to distinguish hunger esp as sometimes i eat too much for fear of hunger

- i get very upset if i can't eat what i planned to eat

- i get embarrassed when my stomach makes a noise at school which only gets worse due to anxiety

is this worth telling a mental health professional, if so how? and do you have any tips on dealing with it?

  • I'm officially on a diet but I just really enjoy eating junk food, it's just really more tasty.  

    I want crisps and more crisps, I want Lucozade.

    I want cakes, Jaffa cakes and more Jaffa cakes.

    I need help.

  • in reply to Dawn

    thank you. i'm already with mental health services and that's why i was wondering whether i should tell my therapist. i'm just unsure as to how to approach the topic and i just feel like such an idiot for it. like people go hours and hours without eating and i hate myself for it idk. i don't know how to talk about it without sounding utterly idiotic

  • in reply to Dawn

    My eating is well out of order. However, I take vitamin supplements and fizzy vitamin C tablets; with added Zinc.

  • My stomach fails to alert me efficiently when I'm hungry and there are a lot of food issues for me too.

    A lot of people with autism get misdiagnosed with eating disorders when in fact it's not a weight/body dysmorphia thing at all, but rather the autistic need for control and sameness coupled with poor hunger cues and/or sensory issues with food.  

    It might be worth asking mental health for a referral to a nutritionist to work out what you feel you can eat in line with what your body needs and when to eat it, so you can be sure you are at least getting a balanced diet. The rest of the rituals around food might actually be made to work for you in keeping you to the optimum intake of the right stuffs at the right time.  It sounds as though you need the ridgity of the food schedule because you don't have the normal cues to tell when you should stop or start eating.  I'm not a MH professional, but this might turn out to be more a case of learning to work well with your neurological difference than a mental health issue.