Do I have an eating disorder?!

Do I have an eating disorder?

I think I have an eating disorder, but I am not sure. When I am hungry, I eat. But usually an hour or two later, usually when I am alone, I start panicking about what I ate because I am absolutely terrified of foodborne illness and I am scared that what I ate might make me sick. I usually have to spend a good part of the day mentally convincing myself that the food I ate was not going to make me sick. This problem is literally starting to consume my life, day and night. Im almost ready to give up eating but I know that is just irrational. I dont know what to do and I am too embarrassed to tell anyone I know. Anyone please help.

You have an eating disorder, but it's not anorexia or bulimia. It's just a generalized eating disorder. Anorexics have a distorted body image, and from what you say it doesn't sound like you do. And your not bulimic for the obvious reasons. More importantly, you have a phobia and a pretty serious one at that. Seak help asap, please. You need to have some counseling and talk about your feelings with a licensed therapist. Tell your mom or someone at school.. just tell someone, because this is not something you can handle on your own. This can get really out of hand if you don't do something soon, so please do.