Why Eating Disorders Are Way More Common Than You Think 

I'm started intermentent fasting, and the emotional pain I'm going through is very high. The last three days at work I cried. I was so angry. I just drank some Nyquil so I can sleep. Podcast help talk me through it. I'm just ramping up my self-care and the lessons I learned in therapy.

@@reddreds1 intermediate fasting actually started my eating disorder

Thank you!

Yea this definitely resonates with me. I began restricting years ago consciously to lose weight, and now struggle with it as a stress/self harm response

Yep. It started as a way to meet MY OWN beauty standards, but turned into more of a coping mechanism.

oh my god, thats scary. how are you now?

The problem is its common for people with anorexia to lie about it, like taking extreme measures. I've seen discussions about girls hiding coin rolls in their um, cavities, just to hide new weight loss or make it look like they gained weight. Their behavior can be almost indistinguishable from someone who has an entirely different cause for weight loss, and it makes it harder for people in your situation to get doctors to look for the real causes and fix the right problems.

Omg please tell me more about your symptoms, I have the same issue. I 've always been skinny and I eat normally, yet no doctor seems to be willing to believe that. I mean I am very skinny and it worries me because I' m pretty sure it's not normal at all and I have digestive problems and I don't know what they mean I 'm 5 7 (1,72m) and I have 97 lbs (44 kg)

gabriella 7 Well, to me it feels like a perpetual hangover minus the headache. I can't stand food smells without getting nauseous, and suffer from frequent pain attacks where a nice cold floor is the only surface that's comfortable. Also, I haven't had a normal stool in years. I can't digest fats at all, so my stools have these thick mucus-like blobs in them. Gastroparesis simply put is nothing more than a paralyzed stomach. My stomach does not kneed the food anymore because the muscles don't work on their own. I take metoclopramidehydrochloride tablets to _kind of_ get them going, but I still take hours longer to digest food. It's part of the autonomic neuropathy I also suffer from, which is nerve damage in the central nervous system. The other thing, Pancreatus insufficiency, is something completely removed from that. It's kinda the opposite of type 1 diabetes since insulin is the only thing my pancreas still manages to produce. But it doesn't produce digestion enzymes which is why I can't digest fats and fiber well. I'm finally back on a normal weight because I eat a lot of carbs and protein, which is what I can digest most easily. I do hope you find what's wrong with you, having gastric problems and not knowing what's wrong is very frustrating. Good luck on your search for a diagnosis

@@YokiDokiPanic ohh, we don't have similar symptoms but thank you so much, you are so nice for taking the time to tell me. I'm happy that you are better❤️

Yeah, I either just don't *feel* hungry, sometimes for days, or I'm hungry and try and eat something, but have to stop after like 3 bites because I can't swallow that specific food. wouldn't be to bad if my parents didn't only buy a couple kinds of food that all have similar taste/texture. other than the ramen and hummus, of course, but that's not really a *meal.*

Yeees. I just found this video and I've been having trouble with eating all my life, but it's not because I want to be thin. In fact, I want to gain weight, but eating is a chore. I even feel disgusted with eating sometimes and I have a lot of food anxiety. Doctors always asking me if I'm unhappy with my weight and I say yes, but because I'm too thin and it's affecting my health, then they're like confused. For years, I didn't feel hungry. I had to remind myself to eat with timers and I have safe foods I can eat.

And so many doctors refuse to understand that having trouble eating sometimes has nothing to do with eating disorders. I've got chronic nausea and so many medical professionals have tried to get me to admit to an eating disorder. Especially after I lost 25 pounds/11.3 kilograms in three months while waiting three months for an "emergency priority appointment". Like yeah, of course I lost weight because I had an untreated migraine and even with the nausea meds I could barely keep water down, let alone food. Apparently I just need to eat when I want food but am actively not hungry to "train" my stomach. Yeah, that goes about 🤢🤮.

Its so me. I'm autistic and have extreme sensory issues, eating is like, total sensory hell

I know I have an ED, I just didn’t know it had a name… now I do.

It’s so important to talk about passive SI (suicidal ideation). Just because it doesn’t result in a direct attempt, doesn’t mean that it’s a safe health condition or “less severe.” Paired with a physical condition that puts you at risk, it’s especially important to seek therapy, medication, and non-medical ways to increase your happiness.

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I know this is old but im so glad ur doing better

​@@emilysmith2965 This. Because no one talked about it except in a mocking manner, I ignored depression symptoms for a long time, even when they noticeably worsened when I was 14. People said it was normal in teens to feel that way, and it was just us being dramatic, so I just tried to wait it out until it eventually went back to a milder level (that I was used to tolerating). Looking back, that was dangerous. It's honestly upsetting that I only realized that years later, after having another particularly bad bunch of weeks that hit even harder, and talking with people who had been officially diagnosed and had the same experience. Only then I thought "oh, maybe I do need help".

​@@naolucillerandom5280 yeah, the complete disregard for teenagers mental health, especially if they come from a "good" family, is appalling. Like just because someone doesn't have adult responsibilities doesn't mean they can't struggle.

Anja Mook i got healthy super yummy breakfast blend

Is there something wrong with that?

@@downsjmmyjones101 .....did you watch the video at all?

@@rin_okami Yeah. What in the video said that diet advertising was a bad thing?

James Downs dieting and weight loss ads can be incredibly triggering for someone with anorexia or bulimia.

That sounds like a hybrid food disorder. That's not a medical term but what I mean is it's like a mix of 2 disorders. Anyway, hope you feel good man

Keagan Dunham You could say that about most people though. Most mentally ill people are not diagnosed with only one disorder. It’s actually rare for someone to have depression without anxiety, and eating disorders often occur comorbidly with OCD or OCPD.

It’s less that for me, and more that I’m too lazy to cook... and my definition of cooking includes using the Microwave

This. I began starving myself as a way of punishing myself, then once I noticed the weight loss and how much better I felt just losing a little fat, I let it progress into more 'eating disorder'-typical behaviours. I don't even associate hunger pangs with eating food anymore, it's odd... Edit: Just forgot where I was commenting, sorry for the oversharing.

You have other side of coin with depression as well. Comfort eating. You turn to food in order to feel better but you risk becoming overweight as a result.

Did you ever found out what was going on?

No. I started eating a high-fat diet because my arms and legs were so skinny I was anxious about going out in public. I gained some weight back, but then had to have my gall bladder removed because apparently a high-fat diet comes with other issues. Ugh. I gained the weight back, but I don’t know what caused the rapid weight loss.@@iCupcakeMelaniex3

Your weight can actually fluctuate wildly just based on when you weigh yourself in relation to when you eat vs when you use the bathroom. Literally just today I clocked in at 240 lbs in the morning, followed by clocking in at 245 lbs this evening. (Yes, I'm medically obese. No I don't look obese, I just look chubby. It's much better than the 365 lbs I clocked in at 16 months ago, or even just the 300 lbs I clocked in at 3½ months ago.) Literally just had eaten a couple small tacos and had a glass of 2 of water. I *_ALWAYS_* have to keep it in mind when I weigh myself, and it's why I only really log my weight in the mornings after a bathroom break but before I've eaten. I want to make sure what I'm recording is what *_I_* weigh, not my meals.

My weight always fluctuates about 5 pounds. Im sure what i eat has some to do with it but 7 ppunds in a week isnt crazy. Now if it kept going down fast I'd worry. But like i said my weight is always 165 but usually falls between 160 and 170. Ive never weighed myself weekly so don't know exactly how fast. But when i do weigh myself i always expect it to be in that range

I swing about 5 lbs from night to morning every day it's pretty normal

Yeah! I scrolled through the comments to see if someone mentioned this omission. I was expecting it to be mentioned when there was the talk about bulking and fitspiration etc

Yeah I know people who had it. It's hard

It's also obsessing with exercise. These poor people

I have a friend who suffers from orthorexia and it’s so hard for her to get help. On the outside, she looks really healthy because she has the “ideal” diet. But she struggles so much with things like meeting up for coffee, going to a friend’s house, or celebrating holidays because there may be a “bad” food there.

To be fair, it's not officially recognized (yet). It's in the same psychology recognition limbo binge-eating disorder was just a few years ago. So for now it would be unwise to throw it out there as a diagnoseable condition when there isn't enough study done to back it up or even a steady definition.

SamaChaos i have binge eating disorder so I definitely agree

Larissa Nuñez-Hill girl, I do too...

SamaChaos Exactly, I suffer from binge eating disorder and it pisses me off when people tell me that binge eating disorder isn’t actually a thing. It definitely is a thing and I know because me and my older brother both suffer from it.

@@IrisStellaGrace09 it's in the DSM for f*ck's sake! of course it's real! it really grinds my gears when people are willfully ignorant like that. i'm sorry you've had to experience that.

it's only a dollar you ain't special People always tell me that I choose to be that way...If I actually had to choose, I definitely wouldn’t choose having binge eating disorder. People are honestly just ignorant assholes. Nobody wants to be obese or suffer from any eating disorder of any kind. It honestly doesn’t make sense how people only feel sorry for people with Anorexia, but judge and shame anyone that has binge eating disorder. There is a lot more of a social stigma that comes with having binge eating disorder than there is for having Anorexia. At least Anorexia is actually acknowledged and has support groups for it. People with Binge eating disorder don’t have any kind of support, let alone therapy for the condition. Anorexic people get therapy and support, while people who suffer from Binge eating disorder are called gluttonous pigs and fat, ugly freaks. I really wish I could control how much I consume, I really do. I really wish that I could just simply go on a diet, but that’s just not how it works. I can’t just wake up one day and magically change my habits and try to control something that I have little to no control over. People with Binge eating disorder are suffering just as much as people who suffer from Anorexia. There needs to be more awareness on binge eating disorder, more people need to get educated. Not everything is about Anorexia or Bulimia...

Emily xo I’m happy that your friend is doing better.😊

The result of starving yourself is losing weight. If she wasn't losing weight, she clearly wasn't actually starving

Michelle not necessarily, if not enough calories are eaten to an extreme extent your body can go into starvation mode and essentially store even more fat , therefore it would take even more time to lose any weight and you may even gain some. plus starvation disorders can go hand in hand with binging disorders where you go from extreme to extreme daily

Michelle what this girl has atypical anorexia, I have it it👏 is👏 real👏

Michelle wow good job invalidating all people who struggle with atypical eds.

"just the act of "compensating" for your food intake" this sounds like purging disorder, not bulimia. bulimia is predicated on binging

I read that now doctor make difference between bulimia and "purging anorexia". Something like when some eats kinda 5000 kcal and then purges is bulimia but for people who purge after eating even an apple or a piece of bread it's purging anorexia.

@@allakuznetsova7684 you also don’t have to “purge” in the way commonly thought in order to be diagnosed with bulimia. Compensating for binges by use of extreme restriction, diuretics or laxatives also counts. I’m an emetophobe with bulimia. Which I honestly used to think was impossible. Now it’s almost like a sick kind of joke.

Does extreme exercise (intended for "weight loss") count as a type of purging? It's definitely a calorie compensation behavior, hours on the stairmaster or cardio workout while wrapped in plastic to sweat more. I remember seeing wrestlers at school doing stuff like that, it made me anxious before I knew how bad it could be on a human body, let alone a still developing human body.

@@learningtobeme5195 yikes. For that to be encouraged by the school is bad in and of itself. It's not inherently and eating disorder under those conditions, that is left up to the individual impact and mindset, but it's never healthy.

It is - and I hope SciShow engages with their comment section. Having said that, these are short videos that are almost never able to cover an exhaustive list on their topic with the detail they deserve. BED IS really important - and even though it isn’t goal-directed towards body image, it’s typically about seeking comfort and safety and is triggered by feelings of shame - which can definitely be a huge vicious cycle when paired with body image pressures.

They have a video about it from last three years ago.

not to mention, it’s hard for others to help them. they can really only get help if they want it :/

Especially because in the beginning people compliment you on your body changes and encourage the toxic behaviour.

i did always wonder that. I noticed a similar trend in the people i knew that were studying anything fitness related and their classmates. they almost all went one of three ways. SUPER thin, SUPER lean and bulky or super fit, low bodyfat long distance runner/swimmer/cyclist. no kinda normal, no 'being good enough'. was worrying

I studied addictions and noticed something similar. I think human services workers are generally more open and sensitive, which predisposes us to deep emotions. If someone can't cope with that, they may begin dealing with strong emotions by self medicating or pathological attempts to gain control.

Yikes. That's concerning especially since, I'm assuming, these are the people who go on to help manage other people's diets?

@@EndohMiharu Yeah it's super messed up. If my ex turned up to class in the morning with a white grilled cheese sandwich she did get some weird looks. Luckily she was very chill when it came to food, never took too much of anything and ate healthy but wouldn't skip fries and coke every now and again. But many people who go into that course already have their ideas about diets and maybe have small symptoms of an ED. So being constantly confronted with food and diets and what's good an bad could obviously trigger an actual ED. Just like you might trigger an ED in someone who is not necessarily eating a lot or healthy but who you're constantly reminding that they need to eat more, or more healthy or whatever.

This seems like a chicken/egg scenario. As someone in recovery, I can see how people would get into studying it when they already have an eating disorder, but also how someone could develop and eating disorder while studying.

asmRTPOP Thank you! I’m autistic and when I was a child, I would only eat very few foods due to texture things. I still refuse to touch eggs or beans.

another thing that I felt has a large influence is the attitude towards new foods. if your child likes a new food, make sure they are encouraged but dont act surprised. mostly because I was older and wanted to spite my parents, if i liked a new food my parents would say "finally!" that it would cause me not to eat it because I didnt like the way they gave it attention. I know that's a real subtlety but the way that children interpret parenting is v important

@@niamhb811 absolutely agreed, I've been trying to get help with my eating and everytime I try a new food I always do it by myself and whenever my parents ask how I did, I just tell them I'll talk about it when I talk about it and they are pretty understanding that it takes a lot of energy and anxiety to try these foods that they will leave me alone until I'm ready to talk about it with them

Omg, I've always had a problem with texture of food, once at the dinner table I gagged trying to put some chicken in my mouth that had some gristle, and my parents said I was being dramatic and I started crying

@@synflwr I feel this. I would argue with my mum for hours and just refuse food if it wasnt done right because of texture. I asked my mum to put liquid like foods, pasta with sauce,beans, gravy, in a bowl next to my food because I didnt like how soggy it was. Eventually she would just do it because I would built a wall with the rest of my food, and not eat anything touching it. I have a lot more but this was one people found most odd. I'm fine with gravy on cooked dinner now but still not the others lol

You are doing great! 🥰 ARFID is also more common with neurodivergence like autism and ADHD - which present additional challenges with eating related to “executive functioning” or the ability to perform complex tasks. I’m autistic and ADHD without ARFID, but have met a lot of people who are autistic and/or ADHD with ARFID. Even without the ARFID diagnosis, the topic of “safe foods” comes up a lot. It’s really nice that the community is so encouraging, though. It’s way more common to see people encouraging each other to succeed at eating regularly and cheering on each other’s safe foods than any other kind of behavior. ♥️ Fruit is a big step! Not everyone with ARFID is comfortable with eating fruits. You are awesome even for trying! 😎 much love to you♥️

Mood, I always get nervous going to some events that have food because I'd feel bad bringing food, and I always feel a bit guilty that my family specifically chooses restaurants based on if it has something for _me_ (and the fear thing I get the fear version of it) Also congrats on the branching out! I can't see myself getting very far in eating fruits but I'm glad you can :)

My list (so far, I'm only a young teen, so I'm probs gonna find more): Cheese, Most pastas, raw broccoli, green beans, plums, stromboli, grilled/baked chicken.

OH MY GOSH. You understand me!!! When I feel stressed or worried, my physical problems stop and my brain goes haywire. I have ZERO hunger for hours to days. Food is too weird when I try. I start sleeping 5 hours max a night if any at all. I've easily not slept over 24 hours many many times. I'm too wired. It's horrible downward spiral. I've been hospitalized for it, they put me on steroids. They thought it make me hungry but nope they still had to force feed me because I refused to eat something so gross ironically though it did make me gain 18 pounds in 2 weeks.

I have the same issue. When I'm anxious or upset, the very idea of food makes me feel even more anxious. Sometimes my family has a hard time telling if it's related to my other food-related issues or if it's just my stress keeping me from having an appetite.

I’ve always been like this. This is the first time I’ve heard of this. A year ago, my family took me to the doctor because I would have fits of energy for weeks then collapse and not be able to get out of bed for days. The doctor said if I don’t gain 25 pounds in 2 months I will be put on a feeding tube. Those 2 months were horrible. I force fed myself 6 full meals a day and I constantly felt sick and threw up a lot. But after those 2 months, I quickly lost that weight again. I just never had an appetite after stuffing myself for weeks.

I have the very same thing! When I am stressed, I barely eat because I feel sick all the time. Also, when someone is expecting me to eat all the food I have in my portion, even though I don't really like it or I'm already full, I get ver stressed as well and feel sick. I can have symptom-free periods that last years sometimes, but it's always coming back and usually when it does, it's worse than it was before. I am starting to have IBS syptoms now, where I didn't have that problem before.

I do the same exact thing around exams times. But I ended up fainting due to hypoglycemia. Take care of yourself. I find that when I can’t eat because I feel nauseas, I go for clear soups or smoothies and just drink my calories.

i also teared up as someone with arfid, i feel you so hard, i felt so seen in that moment like no one ever talks about it

Yes but also lets not forget that obesity is a gigantic problem...

I lost my weight in a healthy manor, but now that I'm finally at a slimmer point I've started to become obsessive and anxious over my weight and food. I'm terrified I'll gain the weight back, and I feed off of the praise people give me for losing the weight, so I've developed incredibly unhealthy and disordered eating habits. I weigh absolutely everything I eat- which makes putting a meal together take so much time, I count every calorie & my macros, I only allow myself a certain amount of calories, I won't eat anything I can't measure, I carry a travel size food scale wherever I go, I don't eat anything that doesn't have nutritional facts available, I stay away from anything I think is "bad," and if I do eat something "bad" I purge, I make myself exercise- at the very least- 6 days a week, I will avoid doing things with friends & family if I know it involves food and I wont have any way to track it, if it's unhealthy food, or if I won't have a way to purge after eating something "bad." I don't even have to have binged to get to the point that I'm so anxious about my calorie intake that I purge. At one point I stopped tracking because it consumes so much of my time and energy, and just estimated, but I was so paranoid, and I was convinced I was eating more than my allotted 1,000-1,200 calories, so I started tracking again and found out I had only been eating around 700-800 calories the entire time. I will restrict my calories to less than half of my usual intake if I ate more than I should the day before or don't exercise that day, and I often times excessively exercise as a way to "undo" what damage I've done. The irony is that the tactics I use to "undo the damage" are far more damaging than getting off track or occasionally overeatting ever will be. The worst part is being painfully aware of all of this and wanting to stop, but also being afraid to let go of doing these things due to my irrational fear of gaining back the weight or not being able to lose any more. Part of me wants to be able to keep these "tools" in my back pocket just in case I mess up or don't follow my plan exactly. When I follow my diet plan exactly, weigh everything, and eat what I'm "supposed to," I don't get anxious- it actually gives me a huge sense of relief, but if I stray from that even the slightest bit, I have an incredibly hard time dealing with it. And it's easy to stray because I'm often times hungry, have cravings, and absolutely exhausted from not eating enough to provide the energy I need to get through the day. It's getting out of control and starting to consume a big chunk of my life.

Emily Please get help hun

@@AmericanThighs97 yeah that sounds like anorexia, please go get help before it gets even worse :(

@@AmericanThighs97 Hey Emily, I think this video might help you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Txl-m1_xbBw.html I understand how you feel, I just almost achieved the figure I want and was trying to figure out the next step. How do I keep the fat weight off? I've never tracked calories, I just estimated how much I should eat based on feeling, based on what I eat (sugar, carbohydrates and fats) and based on experience. Honestly, it worked really well. But now that I'm already there (well, almost) I got worried about it and thought about tracking calories which to me seems like such a hastle, I never wanted to do it. And I found this video which for me tied together some of the science stuff I know, my experience and layed out tactics for reaching my goals. I really recommend this video! I never thought that _increasing_ calories could help, but this girl explains why it does. But you have to hear it from her, she explains why. Also, if you haven't already, look into how our body metabolizes sugar, especially insulin's role, and into the process of ketosis. I recommend the channel What I've Learned for those topics. I hope this helps, I encourage you to keep on learning but just don't obsess over it, don't fear small "mistakes", you already said those thigs yourself so I know you realize them, but just wanted to encourage you to put those things you know in your head into your heart as well. The more you think these things through rationally and convince yourself, the better it'll get. I've made thus experience with other topics. Edit: if you can find someone competent then I think it'll be good to seek help too. Sometimes we need some outside help to really change our thinking patterns. All the best to you! :)

BUtheBabyUnicorn I noticed the art choices too. Evocative, but there is no possibility of aspiration. Excellent call!

Eh, 50/50. A big part of treatment in general involves learning how to recognize triggers so they can be willfully addressed, effectively coped with, and eventually eliminated rather than allowed to control over a person's life. Research hasn't greatly supported the idea of trigger warnings as beneficial and avoiding showing materials that may be triggering (granted actual triggers aren't obligated to obey any sensible line of logic, which is why identifying and addressing them generally requires professional help) does little than enable, you guessed it, avoidance, which helps to maintain conditions. It's a tricky issue to navigate, but it's been repeatedly shown avoidance rarely leads anywhere positive and the best way to recovery is through the issue, but it's also important not to retraumatize (obviously). Ultimately and harshly, the real world isn't responsible for you or culpable for not molding itself to the myriad variations between the billions of individual yous. You are responsible for you, but we can help, if you choose that first step.

Custos I agree, trigger warnings are polite, but, they can’t really solve the issue for you. However, in this case, it’s less that I appreciate the abstract images being non- triggering for those who have trauma around thinspo, and more that I appreciate that the abstract images avoid being aspirational or appealing to any of us. For example, I mostly like my body. I’m pretty comfortable with my looks despite not being “beautiful”. But, I’ve had a lifetime of indoctrination telling me: I should aspire to beauty, and that requires me to be thinner, and therefore I need to eat less, and eat the right things, and that if I only tried harder... I am weak because I look like I do. Because of those years of messages, seeing an image of a thin person, even in this context of discussing illness, it’s entirely possible I will see something attractive and aspirational in that image. For a person who is less comfortable with their body, and more invested in the idea that “thin is beautiful”, an image of a sick, but thin, person may be something their brain chooses to compare them to in an unhealthy way. So yeah, person with trauma and accompanying triggers or not, I still appreciate the decision.

Yes, this was a nice change from the typical shocking images.

If i ever need a good indication that sci-sho has gone full snowflake, here it is. Trigger warnings? How weak do you have to be? How about face the truth no matter how horrible and deal with it?

I'm sorry this happened to you

My mom's boyfriend when I was in highschool was pretty similar. He was the cook in the house and often gave me adult man ass sizes portions yet call me fat after having expected me to overstuff myself every day. Glad he's out of the picture now.

I felt so sad reading about what that man did to you, so abusive and absolutely unforgivable 😢 I wish you well healing from such awful treatment and I hope life gives you all the good things because you deserve it ❤

Wtf! That’s straight up abusive I’m so sorry you had to go through that but glad you’re on the road of recovery ❤️‍🩹

I feel with that so strongly... most people don't understand it and brush it off as picky eaters or make fun of it. And the amount of stress it causes in social life, on top of the internal struggles with health and balanced diet

OMG YES I am so glad someone mentioned that! I'm still in my teen years and I have been labeled as the "picky" kid in my family and family thinks I will just grow it out but I get so worked up over trying new foods. I think it came from a history of being in a family that is like "you will eat it and you will like it" and I wouldn't be able to leave the table until it was done. I hate trying new foods to this day BC of it

People are afraid of speaking up about it, so sufferers aren't getting the help they need.

Totally agree. It's ruined my life. The only help I've ever been offered medically was to have a gastric band (which they quickly backed off from when I went to them with two formal diagnoses of B.E.D. so now there's literally nothing on offer) and they just ignored me when I kept saying 'it won't fix the problem, which is in my head.' Almost all of the morbidly obese people I met in association with the bariatrics unit showed repeated signs of having B.E.D themselves, and those who had the surgery would lose a bit of weight but would typically gain it all back and/or be unable to change their diet. There's no support and SO little knowledge about it, even though it's so prevalent and serious. People have literally said to me 'it's just an excuse for a fat person to stuff their gob'. I'm so sick of it. I want to gain control over it, but I can't do it alone (I've tried for a decade). There must be so many in the same hopeless situation. Is it so much to ask for and get some help?

My best friend has this, and she’ll eat until she literally makes herself sick. She got prescribed Vyvanse to curb her appetite, but it’s such a temporary fix. I really wish they had long-term support for people with this condition.

Laci Kaix I know someone who has bed but people around them but close family think it’s just a phase (they are around 14) the Mum is at witts end and child is in denial need help.

No because they just think we can stop eating and being fat. It's our fault.

Diabullima is so terrifying! I really hope someday soon you get some help and get better. ❤️

i hope you can recover from this, i know how terrifying it is knowing you're harming yourself logically, but not finding it in you to stop. maybe talking to a psychologist might easier than a physician?

@@issaposter idk, my doctor does often ask if im still taking insulin, i always mention that i dont take it daily anymore, she just says okay and continues (she isnt my actual doctor, more like an assistant cuz he has too many patients) I do have a therapist, but i dont know how to bring it up to her tbh

@@Sam-on5jf sorry i thought i had replied to this! It really is, especially cuz not even all doctors seem to know about it Thank you so much tho, ill try my best:)

I have PCOS and I’m pre-diabetic due to that condition, so I take metformin. Metformin has the same effect for me as diabulimia where I don’t have to exercise or eat no food to lose weight. It might just be that I eat so little before that the low metabolism I had has fucked me up. I’ve been struggling to eat recently especially now spring is around the corner. I can’t imagine not taking metformin because I’d gain so much weight without it

I agree. I feel like this is often overlooked

Me:/

You'd have to take a look at the DSM 5. I think it falls under OSFED

Well said. I went vegan for eco reasons but a piece of it was wanting control. Which is the backbone of anorexia as well. However when my health plateaued I went back to being vegetarian. But I’m glad to eat cheese & ice cream again. I could work out a lot and likely develop muscle dysmorphia but thank god I like sleep, otherwise I’d work out a lot. At the end of the day it’s about being kind to yourself. This video was good.

It had it's own video altogether

I have it and I didn't even know it was a thing until recently. Awareness of less known disorders is so important!

It’s so upsetting when I have to fake eat at my friends house/ eat something different than everyone else

because the symptoms for it are picky too

Fangirling109 i know the pain. time to bring out the “i already ate”

@@TheAnimeViber If they can't accept your eating oddities, they're not real friends

Keep up the good work, i'm happy for you and agree that the issue Should be talked about mpre

Good for you man, I’m glad you’re doing okay now.

@@supermouse73 thanks man

Good to hear! Hope you continue to take care of yourself and keep working through any problems that arise 👍

@@ryanhofmann6233 honestly dude you deserve the world. You deserve something as good as or exactly someone who gets as excited about you as the guy in the "Ryan" vine. (Look it up if you wanna) Best of luck!

I just found this video, and honestly I feel the exact same way you do. I always had a problem with most foods. I was abl to find some foods I rather enjoy, but I always felt like my eating problems was a bunch of chains preventing me from trying anything new. I actually started to cry knowing I was not alone.

@@phoebesmith273 yep i'm tearing up at this. even in these comments it seems like most people who are suspected to have ARFID have issues with what eating could do to you and not issues with the foods itself so even here i feel really alone so it was nice to see this comment

Hi! Ditto!

I was diagnosed as autistic last year and I definitely think my eating habits could be explained by arfid. I know I have to gain weight, and I want to gain weight, but I don't eat enough to put on pounds let alone get through an entire day. I'm now in college and despite my unlimited 7 day meal plan I only enter a dining center like 2 times a day if even. I just feel sluggish and Don't want to leave my bed even if my stomach is begging me to eat. I Don't know if this is because of what covid (when recovering from covid I wasn't able to stomach meats and seasoning without pinching my nose shut) did to me but I struggle with seasoned foods especially. If there's lots of spices it just overwhelms me and certain textures are a no go. Biting on a piece of fat will immediately kill my appetite. I feel like I've always been this way. Suprisingly though I really like black licorice aka actual licorice.

What the

i was wondering the same thing! is osfed supposed to be more specific maybe?

@@aluminium4303 I already knew about EDNOS no longer being in the DSM and about OSFED, but never heard of UFED before! Thank you for the information!

I still call my disorder ednos ig its just habit haha

I was diagnosed as EDNOS in 2007 (back when it was a thing) ‘cause I didn’t quite meet the criteria for anorexia, even though those were my behaviors. The diagnosis itself was triggering ‘cause I felt like I “wasn’t good enough at my eating disorder” because I didn’t meet the criteria to be diagnosed with it. OSFED would have been a much healthier diagnosis for me if it was around at the time.

I still refer to mine as ednos too just out of pure habit

I hope that he's ok! It really worries me that he had to be hospitalised...

Most days I wait until I'm super hungry to eat because I see it as such a chore

Dominick Napoli, due to ARFID or due it it just being a pain to make and eat something? If it’s the latter, somebody came up with Soylent, a liquid meal replacer made of basically all the nutrients you need except the trace ones. Overworked Silicon Valley types use it to eat while working without munching on junk food. Drink it slow, though. It’s meal, not a drink, and can cause room clearing flatulence.

@@evilsharkey8954 isnt soy full of female hormones. Turns men to mush.

@@Andytlp Depending on how much you consume( I think), I feel like scishow has done at least one video on soy though, so that might be a good resource. But soy does contain phytoestrogens, I am just not sure how they interact with the body.

Nele K mood. I never underate much because I was scared of throwing up but I was definitely terrified of throwing up.

Semaj Patterson This is because of Media We have to promote heath (which actually results on beauty too) and self confidence and appreciation

Yea people expectation is growing higher....can you imagine theres a time that having a stable job is good enough for dating....nah wtf today expectation are ridiculous and the entertainment industry doesnt make it easier from romantic movie to anime theres always exagerated trait of some sort yes most people doesnt take that seriously but some do and if they suceed the some people will think was i aiming too low im not saying who wrong its not one group (its all of us) im just saying it happens

Nowadays isnt the standard 2k+ while minimum wage is like 1k or ofc substitute with other "heavier" expectation like looking handsome muscular body etc its def not bad in fact its quite reasonable but its indirectly causing people to do more extreme methods

That disappointed me too.

"widespread"? citations

Agreed, I was hoping to hear about it

Jack Lam binging is quite common

I'm sure there are a few other eating disorders they didn't mention. We can't expect a video of this type to go over EVERYTHING, it's enough that they give people an idea of what's out there and raise awareness to the field as a whole, and I think they did this well enough

I wonder what the comorbidity of Pica and other eating disorders is. Eating the Things That Shouldn't Be Eaten, worsened by the desire to avoid eating food.

I have pica and I was searching for this comment

I'm pretty sure it's not considered a mental disorder

@@aletheiaverite It's considered an eating disorder and can really widely differ in severity

@@annieshakespeare7613 Just looked it up. It's in the DSM-5, I'm stupid. I have no idea where this thought I had came from.

Me too. My mother has what I consider to be religiously-motivated orthorexia. She's a religious fanatic who is obsessed with only eating completely vegan, organic, natural, raw, and freshly-picked foods that she thinks God intended humans to eat "before sin". While that may sound good and healthy, she mostly just eats green, leafy vegetables and that results in extremely low caloric intake, various vitamin deficiencies, and protein deficiency too. She is tall but her weight hasn't exceeded 100 pounds for decades now. Currently she weighs about 90 pounds soaking wet, yet she insists she eats "plenty". She does eat large helpings, but with such low-calorie foods, it isn't enough. She seems to be convinced that eating this way is an act of piety and to eat anything containing such "sinful" things as meat or grains or sweets - even honey - will condemn her to hell or something. Over the years she's become ever more restrictive, cutting out all oils or fats, even in nuts, until I wonder that she doesn't just become one of those "breatharians" who believe they can survive on air. Eating disorders like this are incredibly hard to treat. Nothing anyone says, no amount of medical or scientific fact, can convince my mother to abandon this starvation diet - and yes, she's intelligent and college-educated and was a licensed nutritionist years ago. And in spite of the supposed "healthiness" and "purity" of her diet, she has all kinds of physical problems, is extremely frail, has had two strokes in recent years, and is beginning to suffer from cognitive decline and possibly Alzheimer's dementia.

​@@Pipsqwakalright your mom has basically a death sentenze i think she a victim of brainwashing by toxic workers involved in church and fun fact if you had severe eating disorder like very its a death sentence. Also are there any updates on this? Just a question Bye

This comment is what I was looking for. It also can relate to parental behavior like my father's eating habits to eat everything. I learned to eat everything and I'm still trying to set boundaries

Agree. People think of eating disorders and they think of excessive restriction ... BED could have used the boost toward being taken seriously.

BED?

@@suicune2001 Binge eating disorder.

Yup. BED speaks to me. Im fighting against it but how can you fight with something that you are thinking all the time?

@@TheAmandaSerroul no it's not, there's no purging in BED

Something I find very helpful is to give myself small portions at a time that I know I can finish. I remind myself that leftovers can be a meal for later or tomorrow. I hope this helps.

I had the same issue. In eating disorder treatment, they taught us that parents doing this to their kids disrupts their "hunger cues" and therefore have trouble in the future knowing when it's okay to stop eating.

My mum forced me to finish all my food as a child & I struggle to know my hunger cues these days as an adult, I now am going to see an obesity dr as it has really messed up my life not helped by being called fat from when I was 4 years old. It's frustrating & I feel like it needs to be discussed more. Yes, my school also would punish us if we didn't eat all our food & another child told on us.

My grandma did the same thing to me once. But it was because I was being a bratty 7 year old who thought I could make my own plate. When. She tried to fix my plate so it didn't have as much on my plate, told me I can out more on it if I wanted more after I finished the first one, and I snapped at her. she went, okay, but you're not leaving the table until you finish it. I agreed. The plate wasn't even half gone when I couldn't eat any more. True to her word, she made me sit there and eat it. I had spaghetti coming out of ears, I was crying, sick, hating her all the while, and I can't remember if I did finish it hahaha. Guess what I never did again? I always put what I know I can finish on my plate and no more, even now and I'm 30. I tend to try to finish plates other people make for me too, even when I'm full. Just because I feel like I should finish it, but I won't make myself sick if someone else put my plate together. I'll pack it up for eating later. I am actually thankful she taught me to be more restrictive of what I put on my plate. It's harder to over eat of you don't have a mountain of food, you waste less, and if you're hungry, you can always get more. 7 yr old me was a brat. Hell, I'm still a brat, but I pick my battles better.

I think the key difference on my experience was this was a one time thing, and it was because I made the plate myself. I wasn't forced to eat a plate someone else made for me. I tend to do so, because as a kid we didn't have a ton of money, so we would eat anything we were given really. Granted, I was still a picky eater. We also had a lot of family living together at one point because my aunt didn't have a place to live for a bit. So we had 10 people in our dinky little home for about a year. You at fast, so you can have a second plate. So I eat all my plate and fast. Not sure if that's unhealthy or not, but I know how much to eat to be full, even if my body doesn't realize it's been fed yet-the result of eating fast, your mind hasn't quite caught up yet. Think many of my eating habits are from more of not wanting to spend money, than the food itself.

i agree and BED would have probably been useful to mention as its also to do with consuming lots of food challenging the stereotype of people with eating disorders purging or restricting their diet

I agree. BED is so often overlooked, or just dismissed as people being greedy or lazy. Would have been fantastic to have had it addressed here.

I was disappointed that BED was completely left out. It’s one of - and perhaps THE most common eating disorders. Except most people with BED are not aware it’s an actual disorder. Plus there’s a TON of stigma around it. Look at RU-vid videos about super skinny anorexic type bodies and people express concern and see it as an illness. Videos about fat people have very different comments. The person is seen as lazy, a slob, and far far worse. It’s seen as a character failing. The bigger the person, the worse the comments. It’s awful.

I too was super disappointed to not see this mentioned.

@@carasachs4004 It's even worse because the other side of the coin is the extremists in the "body positivity" movement, who are in denial of the health risks of obesity and morbid obesity, and that a lot of these people might have BED. It is horrible that the media has negativity on all sides when it comes to fat people, and that being fat devalues them as a person, but it's also seen as a crime to get help for a problem they might have.

I just avoid the topic and try to change the conversation best I can. I’m increasingly just avoiding social interaction for fear of being asked to eat somewhere I’m not comfortable in... I should get help

Amber Oakheart It's talked about a lot in the autistic community

I feel you 100%, not even my doctor knew what it was and she had to look it up in front of me

So much food isn't healthy anymore. Can't trust others. They're not trying to hurt me, they just don't think they are. I know myself. I know why I have to be this way.

I know what you mean,. I'm glad he brought it up. I hate having it

:) He's done a BED episode

I felt the same way! And it sucks when people just chalk it up to me being picky or me not liking something and it's so frustrating.

@@kaelastevens4431 All doctors I've seen so far in my life have just written it down as picky eater on my papers, both me and my mother have tried desperately to explain, but due to me not being concerningly over or under weight, they refuse to write that I have an eating disorder anywhere. It's frustrating beyond belief that countless doctors just ignore me because I don't fit the standard eating disorder "body types" (note that eating disorders don't HAVE specific body types, but all doctors I've seen so far don't agree)

@@mistythemysterious in my case I've never really had an issues with the doctors. I'm really sorry that you have to go through that and I hold on hope for you that they will eventually learn not to judge a book by its cover and understand that they don't know everything there is to know about medicine or psychology. 😞 For me it's educating other people about ARFID, my Father still believes that I'm just being picky. It's gotten to the point when if there's anyone interested in learning about it and how it works, he will kinda just dismiss everything I've told that person, and also occasionally tell me that no one wants to hear about it. (I don't push it on to people I just answer their questions when they come up and satisfy their curiosity.)

@@kaelastevens4431 Just thought I'd give an update about my situation since it's a happy one! So I've been switched between a lot of psychiatrists lately due to issues at the department they work at or something, but that's not important, what IS important is that the newest one actually listened to me and my mom! She not only knew what ARFID was when we were like "yeah you probably haven't heard of it but it's real we swear", but she used to work at a treatment facility out of state that specialized in eating disorders and one of them was ARFID! She kept asking us if we had tried going somewhere for treatment, to which my mom told her that no doctor has listened and even going to a special treatment program place in town declined us because I "didn't sound like something that fits their criteria" and she was just as annoyed as us. My case isn't as severe as some and I am able to maintain a pretty healthy body with my limited food options and my supplements, but she recommended some places and programs for treatment, as she didn't want me to feel alone or left out when I leave for collage. It was really refreshing and I was riding that high for days lol, then I figured I should pop in here and let people know that while this is still an ongoing process, there ARE people out there who know, who are on your side and will be outraged at the lack of acknowledgement you've gotten in the past if any.

@@mistythemysterious OMG I'm so happy for you! I'm really glad you found someone who will listen to you! Thank you so much for letting me know!!

Thank God I didn't know about that breast growth thing when I was a teen! I otherwise would've starved myself half to death just to dodge the dysphoria.

Riley aroha same ! It’s very rare that I hear in mentioned .

Yeah I'm kind of shocked I haven't heard of it until now :/

a fellow aroha💜

I’m starting to think I have it now that he mentioned it. All of the symptoms he talked about were things I’d been experiencing since I was 3 or 4. People always think I’m just a picky eater, but it’s more than that. Even now though, I’m scared to tell my doctor or family, because I feel like they’ll think it’s an excuse for me not to try new foods...

I've been suffering with ARFID for the last 3 years in therapy twice a week. When I saw this video I prayed that it included it and it did :) finally some conversation about it!

That's the first thing that popped into my head when I saw that, too. Especially considering the fact that it's more often seen in guys, and Autism is more common in males.

I’m autistic and I agree. I won’t eat foods that have a weird texture.

@@foxcheetah6035 its roughly equal in males and females, females and males show different symptoms however and most people are only aware of the male signifiers, making it more difficult to identify in females.

@@nigellien7511 is right. Women and girls can present it so differently they can slip through the cracks of getting diagnosed. I spent 27 years being told I was fine but knew there was something off. People just don't understand the symptoms and convincing masking females do, but it's getting better! And yes, definitely a correlation -- I've got ARFID -- totally a sensory issue.

The Golden Summer Rose yes. I was diagnosed with ARFID which helped us to discover the fact that I have autism. Girls are usually diagnosed later on or never

I've learned that issues with food is rather common with autism, so its not surprizing if you have that combo.

I have to say the video didn't explain it very well. Is it more than a person with bulimia also having diabetes?

Limi V If they are insulin dependent, they can not take it as indicated, which leads to weight loss, but also their diabetes not being controlled, which can lead to irreversible kidney damage and even death. I’m just a wee bit nervous about this. My brother has had weight problems since puberty. It was like a switch got flipped. Now he’s diabetic. He’ll lose weight and it’ll be so difficult for him. With his regimens, someone else could lose five pounds, but he’ll maybe lose one. I think he gets it from my mother, who’s metabolism was really messed up due to her thyroid. Then he’ll end up gaining it back, plus some. It’s continued for years. I’m just nervous if he realized what he might “achieve,” if he messed with his meds, he would be more than tempted to try it. If he lost sufficient weight, he might not be diabetic anymore, so I can just hear his argument for it right now. But last year he was in stage two kidney failure, so I really hope to God this wouldn’t happen. It just makes me nervous. I hope he’s already realized it and outmaneuvered the temptation.

Limi V it’s where a type one diabetic (insulin dependent) cuts their insulin dosing in order to lose weight. A diabetics blood sugar will rise without insulin and high blood sugars cause your body to starve aka lose weight. It’s *extremely* dangerous because not only are they starving themselves to death, long term high blood sugars cause damage to the whole body resulting in organ failure or loss of limbs. It’s hard to spot, because no one can constantly see your not taking insulin, and you can lie to your doctor about it and you can 'get away' with eating in front of people. It’s really hard not to have problems with mental health and eating disorders when you’re a diabetic. I’ve been diabetic nearly 10 years and I definitely have done a lot of disordered eating and binging. When everything has to be so controlled it can really get to you.

I hadn't heard of it before, but I think specialists in diabetes or other diseases that are managed with a diet really need to be aware of possible eating disorders developing in their patients. I've got a different type of diabetes, entirely managed by being on a diet currently, and that fucked me up. I'd probably call what I got in response orthorexia - an unhealthy preoccupation with eating the "right way", and had trouble getting taken seriously with that, since I was loosing weight and that's deemed good for diabetics. Never mind that I was never very overweight to begin with (and even that was only due to meds) and actually lost so much I became underweight. I was miserable, afraid of eating and losing weight I didn't want to lose, and it was really scary that everyone just praised how good I was doing.

Erectile Dysfunction? 🙄

@@tonicrvnts no meant eating disorders

Good luck!

@@devifitz5195 Thank you!

Elastichedgehog you got this!

Yes! People seem to think insomnia is the only kind of sleep disorder in existence. It's really annoying

I’d love that. I have hallucinations when I wake up at least once a week. Usually less than ten seconds, visual only. I thought I was perhaps starting to show signs of Schizophrenia, since I’m at an age it can start to crop up for women. Then I realized since my grandmother had epilepsy, I had the gene, and it can express as epilepsy or narcolepsy. And hallucinations upon waking, paired with feeling as tired when I wake up as when I go to bed, and it being basically impossible to keep a sleep schedule, they’re all big red flags. There’s a lot of interesting ways the brain can malfunction around sleep, like not paralyzing you during dreaming (my dad has that issue; he dreamed he was in a fight and he smacked mom when she was trying to wake him up; he was horrified!). They’ve covered sleep paralysis, but they could mention it and link the video. It’s such an interesting subject.

It's overlooked and not taken seriously enough. Such a shame they didn't even mention it in this video.

im so happy for you !!

there's hope?? would you mind explaining how you overcame it? i realize this is a very sensitive question and you absolutely don't have to answer that i just feel stuck and like i'm doomed to eat the way i do know for the rest of my life

I've had ARFID my entire life and I can't imagine recovering from it, though I want to badly. I'm so happy you did so!

Congratulations! 👏🏻💗

Hope you get the help you need

I know a friend who meets those criteria to a T and now I'm very worried about him

Same here. All my life I’ve been “picky” with food, to the point of going without eating if something I liked to eat wasn’t available. Having to try new foods is super anxiety-inducing for me, even now at 26. I always kind of thought it was a side affect of the OCD I deal with, and maybe it is, but it does feel vindicating to hear it described in others. I hope you get treatment, I am going to look into this now too

Nick Williams I also have OCD and am generally super restricted about eating, so perhaps it is possible that ARFID and OCD could be common co-morbidities.

@@Starfloofle I hope your friend can get help if he needs it. You could try gently bringing it up sometime, like 'hey, I noticed you're not eating so much, are you doing okay?'. (And I don't know how old you are, but if you're under 18, it wouldn't hurt to mention this to a trusted adult.)

I have AFRID, PANS, and Lyme and I totally get you, it may feel like your the only person in the world but your not. I hope your doing better now but I know first hand that even three years hardly puts a dent in treatment

Keep fighting my friend, you are a really strong person for going through and acknowledging such a scary disorder. How are you dealing with it?

The most obvious symptoms would involve body configuration, weight, fat, obesity, maybe organ failure/distress from overconsumption - not the underlying psychological disorder.

@@pwnmeisterage theres the overwhelming sense of guilt but sure thats totally not a psychological symptom.

@@asteri8299 its kinda just common sense tho

@@chaoskind9012 i guess its also common sense that u shouldnt vomit your food out when youre done or that u shouldnt starve yourself to the point of killing yourself? oh yeah and its also common sense that u shouldnt cut your wriest just because youre sad you have a pretty flawed way of thinking about this stuff

Binge Eating Disorder (which is not Bulimia) is one. Over eating disorders are to do with the structure/how foods are consumed. Being obese and general over eatig isnt an eating disorder, but BED is. It has a specific pattern and is a distressive and disruptive part of an otherwise healthy lifestyle. it is characterised by a minimum of twice a week for a minimum of 2 months, eating rapidly in 2 hours or less an amount that is out of character and excessive for that person, even if the person was not actually hungry in the first place, feeling out of control or compelled to eat without the ability to stop during the episode; being unable to stop, despite physical discomfort. Feeling guilt and shame over their actions, eating alone and concealing any evidence of their eating. No compensatory action specific to the binges (excessive exercise, severe dietary restriction outside bingeing, etc). You can google for the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria if you're curious to know more. Its really quite frustrating and unpleasant to live with. Eating disorders involving weight gain just dont seem to be addressed due to the overall weight gain of society. they get lost in the general overconsumption of food that is becoming the norm.

What is that?

@@conlon4332 - BED is a disorder where the person just keeps eating to their detriment, even past the point of fullness. There is no elimination like vomiting or excessive exercise as seen in bulimia.

I was told I have disordered eating. I thought it was BED though. Now I know I'm screwed.

@Arora Thorne Not that easy. I wish it was.

@Arora Thorne mental illnesses are not easy to recover from.

i had the same conversation with a few of my doctors. it feels like such an insult when i spend everyday feeling sick to my stomach. i know myself and i know when somethings wrong. i worry that it makes some people worse bc they feel like they need to starve themselves just to prove that they need help. i am so sorry you are going through this, i hope things get better 💕

catie thank you i’m doing a lot better in quarantine! i hope you’re doing well!💕💕

I had a similar feeling, at least of me before about a month ago, when I found a vegetable I can eat. I spent 21 years of life surviving only because of multivitamins and feeling constantly exhausted. For reference, once you find a way to get all your vitamins in your diet in a pleasurable way, everything about life gets so much better.

It's a lot more common than people like to think about, and it's rather stigmatizing in my personal experience. Try eating new foods that are less scary, a little at a time, and work your way towards the scarier ones. Also, you don't have to eat the ones that are absolutely terrifying. I refuse under any circumstances to eat mushrooms (and make up lots of jokes as to why I won't eat them, but it's really the disorder), but I'll make myself try a few things here and there. It's very helpful to have a supportive girlfriend who does eat lots of different foods and who encourages me to try new ones, but it's also good that she doesn't make me try them when it's too much for me. Here are a few questions I recommend asking yourself when it comes to new foods: When was the last time I tried something new? Is this something I'm a little uncomfortable with, or is this terrifying, or does this seem poisonous, or does this seem like it's not food? Is this something that is commonly eaten by others without problems? Trying new meats is easy for me, trying a new fruit or grain can be a little tricky sometimes, trying a new desert can range from tricky to scary, and trying a new vegetable ranges from scary to impossible, but it's possible to get a less restricted diet over time with some effort and a lot of support. DM me if you have any questions about my own experiences with this.

You should check out this guy, his videos are actually really helpful: www.felixeconomakis.com/

@@NewMoonStarlight Out of curiosity, what veggie was it?

This is a difficult thing to get across to people some times, I have always been a "picky" eater but it isn't just that, the fear is all to real. One thing that has helped me branch out is to try and NOT THINK as I am about to try a new food, if I can just pop it in my mouth and start chewing that can make it less scary, then if I don't like it I can just spit it out. Some times that first step is the hardest, but there are some things I thought I would hate that I can now tolerate.

Mary Waters You should check out the ARFID subreddit. Small but really nice community.

@@EnitVal Thank you for the information! its always nice to find people you can relate to, now im invested in reddit haha

Maybe they're planning on an expansion video like pt2.

Episode length, maybe

I was wondering about that too

It's a pretty important one, I'm surprised it was skipped.

Maybe they didn't want to be called fatphobic or told they were fat-shaming? The majority of folks with BED are overweight/obese and idk if that's why they didn't mention it but with the current social climate I wouldn't be surprised at their hesitance

I think they may be related, I've been calling my "picky eating" a sensory issue for a while just because I didn't know how to explain it.

AFRID is common in autistics and people with SPD yes but can occur without.

@Anne-Lou You can treat sensory overload as it has to do with ion channel diseases. Also AFRID is very much associated with anxiety ( and truma?! ) which you could do something about ( e.g.: familial attitudes, school stress... )

@Anne-Lou I'm not a therapist but my 6 year old son has autism (fairly high functioning, verbal, etc.) and for 90% of things we don't change his environment. I'll give an example: We have a big, extended family, so we attend a lot of birthdays. My son absolutely hated the volume level and off key singing associated with "happy birthday". At 2 he would scream, at 3 he would shout "no singing please!", at 4 he would go to the other room, and by 5 he would stay in the room but wouldn't participate, and at his 6th birthday he actually sang with everybody. We didn't change the social rules of birthday parties, we exposed him to them and eventually he began to cope. Also receiving cake afterwards certainly created a positive association I'm sure lol

Ashley Newland my parents thought i had spd forever until i got told i basically have arfid!! still wonder if i might have spd as well 🤔🤷‍♀️

I've seen some interesting theories in the intuitive eating corner of the internet that say some people binge not so much out of emotions or control, but out of hunger. If one often not feeds themeselve enough, binging is a primal response to fix that. I think the idea has some merit to it, although it's ofcourse not the same for everybody. Not sure if the science supports the theory. But personally I notice that more protein in my diet, lowers the amount of uncomfortably fast snacking that often hurts my stomach. It's not a cure for my severe binges that are emotion and control driven. Christy Harrison talks about this in her podcast.

I've combated my eating disorder using high-protein as well. I have a really hard time making myself eat when I get anxious, stressed, or upset. In order to keep it from becoming a health risk, I make myself eat smaller, super high protein and high calorie snacks instead. It's less food so I can make myself eat the whole thing, and I'm still getting those calories I need to like... live.

Try some other sports like gymnastics to cure yourself of the bs.

@@clray123 It's not that easy. If it was that simple he wouldn't be struggling.

@You Should See Her In A Crown What I'm saying is that the "must gain muscle weight" attitude is a mental sickness related to certain sports, and perpetuated by their practitioners. It doesn't exist beyond this particular community (never heard of a runner who is obsessed about their too low BMI), or it assumes the opposite form (e.g. emaciated ballerinas considering themselves too fat).

It's practically non-existent for people over 25. Somehow I guess we're supposed to age out of it?

blackswan1983 Not to mention people who aren’t clinically underweight. BMI shouldn’t be part of any of the diagnostic criteria, nor treatment. People think it isn’t an emergency when someone’s weight isn’t low but that’s not true.

Talking about eating disorders I find is one of the most effective steps in the long run for awareness that leads to access. I talk about mine with no shame towards myself and it, like I would with any type of illness, physical or mental. There are also support groups and centers for people in recovery. If there isn't one close by, it might possible to start one of your own. It is something I am considering. Best of luck to you!

@@sourgreendolly7685 Definitely. I was unhealthier in a "healthy" BMI range with bulimia. They should assess by complications.