LittleM
11-11-12, 17:38
I am having a really hard time lately. I have anxiety and agoraphobia which I'm currently having therapy for, but progress is slow. I have a stressful life; my mother has cancer so our house is always quite tense, and I just find myself always stressed and anxious. I won't go into why my anxiety started because it will take too long, but I'm finding that the chronic stress is making me more and more underweight.
I am naturally thin; my mum and sister both are and have always been. But that makes it even worse because I have to always make sure I'm eating enough because it's so easy for the weight I try so hard to gain to drop off. But because I'm always stressed I never seem to have an appetite. I enjoy my meals but in between I can't find any snacks that I genuinely find appetising apart from bananas. The thought of eating biscuits and crisps make me feel ill. And I have an intolerance to raisins and cereal bars because I've got mild fructose-intolerance so overly fibrous foods aren't great for me.
I'm just at my wits end, because I feel so ill and sick on a daily basis. I'm perfectly healthy, all my blood tests are normal, but I just cannot gain weight and it's making my life miserable. I look like a 12 year old (I'm 22), I'm so skinny and have no stability in my tummy, I'm always hunched over.
Please someone tell me some tips on regaining appetite? The stress will not be going away and that's what scares me :(
I am naturally thin; my mum and sister both are and have always been. But that makes it even worse because I have to always make sure I'm eating enough because it's so easy for the weight I try so hard to gain to drop off. But because I'm always stressed I never seem to have an appetite. I enjoy my meals but in between I can't find any snacks that I genuinely find appetising apart from bananas. The thought of eating biscuits and crisps make me feel ill. And I have an intolerance to raisins and cereal bars because I've got mild fructose-intolerance so overly fibrous foods aren't great for me.
I'm just at my wits end, because I feel so ill and sick on a daily basis. I'm perfectly healthy, all my blood tests are normal, but I just cannot gain weight and it's making my life miserable. I look like a 12 year old (I'm 22), I'm so skinny and have no stability in my tummy, I'm always hunched over.
Please someone tell me some tips on regaining appetite? The stress will not be going away and that's what scares me :(