Eating Disorder Or Not?

[Guest mio]

I'm not at all sure if I have an eating disorder or not, because I hardly ever think of me being too fat. I just seem not to care if I eat or not, and sometimes I eat only a slice of bread for even three days a row or not eat for couple days. There are also times I just keep eating lot of stuff I wouldn't normally even like. Sometimes they come after the other face. I have never thrown up.

Sometimes I eat perfectly normally, and i don't think this is (if it even is anything) the most serious eating problem you could have, but it's not making my health better... and I have noticed now that my weight flings quite much.

I have always been skinny, and as a vegan (only for ethical and environmental reasons, and I've been in better condition after I became vegan) I eat different food (and often do it myself) than the others, so it's easy to eat just a little or sometimes not at all. I don't actually plan my eating or not eating, I might make a delicious meal for myself and when it's ready just throw it away.

It's hard for me to understand why I'm this way, because I might eat really weirdly when things in my life are normally and eat normally when I have difficulties.

I'm confused.

I actually have noticed(/or just admitted) this quite recently, because there aren't "I am fat"-thoughts. But when I think about it, I have been eating like this for years. Could it be this EDNOS? Or is this even anything?

[Guest Huff]

well... I dunno. psychological diagnoses are hard to pin down even for professionals...

If your eating habits are bad to your health, then it is disordered eating. That might not be the same as having an "eating disorder". Either way, it would really suck if you lost your health or even died from not meeting your nutritional requirements, so that's something to think about.

MK

[Guest NikkiNik]

You say sometimes you could go on a piece of bread for about 3 days. Whether or not this is literal I have a question that might help you realize yourself if this is an eating disorder or not.

Is this because you're thinking about food and your weight? Feeling guilty? Or because it just happens? If it just happens, and you're not hungry, I wouldn't consider it anything at all. I'm the same way. One day I'll eat certain foods or no food at all, and some days I'll gorge myself until I'm sick with unhealthy foods. It all depends on your body with this, and not necessarily your mind.

If you think you're healthy, then don't worry about it. If you do think about this all the time, and consider it a problem, you should talk to someone more professional about it.