Issue with weight...?!


Question: I have been hesitant to even ask this question... but I decided today I have to go to someone..and this might be the first step

I know I am not overweight. I am 18, 5'5, 120 lbs.
Statistically I should be pleased with this. But I am not.
I can't help and/or control how much I worry about gaining weight. It's been like this for 4 years, but extremely bad for the past year or so. I watch what I eat every day, I buy separate food from my family to make sure I'm eating healthy. I go through stages where I freak out about my weight (not the exact number figures, but how i look in the mirror). I go to the gym around 5 days a week and never see an improvement. All I want is a little change, and I never see any.

My serious issue I'm asking for help with is...whenever I eat, I feel huge. The minute food enters into my stomache I feel guilty. I can go all day feeling skinny and light and the minute I eat lunch (even if it is just an apple) I get this horrible anxiety feeling.


Answers: I have been hesitant to even ask this question... but I decided today I have to go to someone..and this might be the first step

I know I am not overweight. I am 18, 5'5, 120 lbs.
Statistically I should be pleased with this. But I am not.
I can't help and/or control how much I worry about gaining weight. It's been like this for 4 years, but extremely bad for the past year or so. I watch what I eat every day, I buy separate food from my family to make sure I'm eating healthy. I go through stages where I freak out about my weight (not the exact number figures, but how i look in the mirror). I go to the gym around 5 days a week and never see an improvement. All I want is a little change, and I never see any.

My serious issue I'm asking for help with is...whenever I eat, I feel huge. The minute food enters into my stomache I feel guilty. I can go all day feeling skinny and light and the minute I eat lunch (even if it is just an apple) I get this horrible anxiety feeling.

It sounds to me like you have developed an obsession or anxiety disorder about how you look, related to your body image. Honestly, being health conscious is one thing - but as you note, it's starting to effect/control too much of your life.
I would suggest that you join a support group to find others to talk to who are in your position and (hopefully) find a professional who can help you deal with this obsession.
I am including a link (below) about Obsessive, Compulsive Disorder. You don't note any compulsive behavior really (none of the repetitive actions that highlight that disorder). However the Compulsive part (plagued by persistent, unwelcome thoughts or images) might be more on queue for you.
Also there is something called Body Dysmorphic Disorder, a condition where individuals have a distressed or impaired preoccupation of an imagined or slight defect in one



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