ED Appetite loss?

[Weemie]

Ice cold nutrition shakes & a straw. Removes most of the taste. Freeze acidic things like OJ into ice cubes to suck on before and after.

am gonna try this one

 

[Ronin]

but now it doesn't even really do that all that much

All beer's like that? Changing the brands wouldn't do anything?

 

[Ronin]

thats all

But it's something, so congratz on that.

Can you go for four today? Things like that, don't reprimand yourself, that won't help you, you're climbing a mountain just by breathing and getting through another day, right now.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I am proud of you for reaching out for assistance and your plan to nourish yourself as hard as that is.

 

[Weemie]

so i bought some extra high calorie ensure and froze it like Fri mentioned, I started with a small shot of rum and downed the whole bottle of Ensure as a chaser. I am about ready to throw up. (Not from the rum, I used a very very small quantity, it was mostly water.) IDK if I made a mistake downing all that Ensure or what. It's 336 calories, 26 vitamins and minerals, and 30 grams of protein or something.

 

[Weemie]

All beer's like that? Changing the brands wouldn't do anything?

All beer, yeah. Hard liquor I sometimes get "the munchies" so I bought a little thing of rum and some Ensure and we have a sub in the fridge and I got some corn and grapes and a mac n' cheese bowl. Hopefully if I can keep down this ensure I can take the rest of the rum and maybe eat a mac n' cheese bowl on top of it. Or maybe I am just re-feeding too quickly.

 

[Ronin]

Yeaah take it slowly.

Or space the time between meals, so that they register as a regular small nutrition, instead of huuge chunks. Give yourself time to relax, in all the meantime, already eating is going to be stressful as f*ck for a time so go extra slow & extra easy on you. Just keep moving, day by day, meal by meal.

 

[Passerby]

Maybe a bit late, but I have ptsd too and recognise this.

Make sure you take half an hour or an hour of rest before you eat, eat alone so you don't feel pressure by others for not eating or finishing your plate. you don't have to eat a lot, but always have something on hand for when hunger strikes suddenly.

I have combat related ptsd and I struggled to remain a member of the workforce, I work as a nurse now also a pretty stressful job. it's killing me but without work i enjoy i will become bored, tired and suicidal.
I often run evening shifts and often cant eat because something stressful happens, my coworkers really like to eat together so we all meet up. Sometimes I cant eat at all, we just agreed that I will eat later if I can. Sometimes I feel hungry despite the stress and seperate to eat alone, just so I can eat. what is having a nice time together for them, adds stress for me (even though i like them). when I feel okay I join them for a meal and we have nice and funny convo.

It took my coworkers some time to get used to it, took me some getting used to chosing to protect my own interests, but by now they have figured out that it is needed to keep me going. And I work like a horse so they are happy to keep me happy.

If I'm not happy I turn into the corporal again and anyone who makes a minor mistake is gonna have a bad time. And even worse when I am hungry but cant eat because my body/mind wont let me.

But seperate yourself and avoid stress before meals, keep comfort food and sandwiches on hand for when a golden opportunity of appetite rises.

Or smoke some weed.

 

[Weemie]

hey passerby. yeah i know what you mean. the slightest things set me off and if anyone does anything remotely minor or incorrect i lose my f*cking mind too. i stay in my room all day to avoid impacting other people or being abusive. it is a shitty, pointless, miserable existence. i am glad you have your job.