No Appetite

[Shaan]

@Ti Vu well I think that not letting it out in someway is a better option specially if you have kind of a painful past or rather you think so. I wish I could do that! But instead when I get super anxious I panic and just want to talk to someone and reach out to anyone I could get hold of and just let out everything. I wish I didn't because later I regret.

 

[Springer80]

I've had this recently, couldn't tell you how long for. I've been going through some heavy stuff, getting back in my body more, closer to the emotions of being a child. I have to stay with her, she's demanding it. It's like I am being vacuum packed back down onto a chid I have to hold onto. She is so adamant that I have to stay holding onto her. I haven't the energy to resist and I don't think resisting is the correct thing to do anyway. But it means practical things go out the window. So if I had an appetite, which I don't, I wouldn't have the energy to do anything about it. This process is more important anyway.

So it's soup, yoghurts and bought pre-prepared food when I end up having to eat more which is intermittently.

Unfortunately a bug went round the office and I got a cold, that was two weeks ago or so and it still hasn't gone. I feel pretty run down but I reckon being off with fatigue for a year, last year won't have helped either.

Just do what you can. Whatever it is that your processing is more important.

 

[JEKBreatheandBelieve]

I have this periodically. When I was pregnant with my second child, I was never hungry. For the whole pregnancy I was forcing myself to eat. I am probably one of the few people who weighed less after pregnancy than I did before it. Now when I don't feel hungry, I know it's because of anxiety. I try to make sure I eat something. I also find that I go through periods where I don't want to drink anything and that is really hard for me.

 

[risingsun]

I keep telling myself this:
Before, I was hit with a tsunami. I got through a tsunami. Now, its just a few feet of water.

This of course was just a metaphor, but it seems thats what trauma feels like to me. And I mean no offense to anyone whose actually been through an actual one. And for all of us, we can get through this. Being triggered, we feel like we're back in that Tsunami of horror, but we are safe. Just a few feet of water beneath you right now (just feels like more) and we will not drown in that 3 feet of water. You are safe. You can get through this. I am glad you are feeling better. Keep nourishing yourself and know that you have support here. Keep the faith. I'm so sorry you are feeling this way (I can truly empathize with you), but I'm glad that you are reaching out for the support you truly deserve. This will pass. I know it will pass for me too as I am currently feeling like this. Blessings your way. You are not alone.