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Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders are physiological and/or psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake. The most common ones are Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, and you can use this forum to talk about these and other eating disorders. Share your healing journey, discuss your treatment, and give advice to others.

Does spitting and chewing cause weight gain??

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I have been spitting and chewing mostly all of my food for awhile now, and i noticed a slight weight drop but not too much.. I read somewhere that doing this actually makes you gain weight? If you are spitting and chewing french fries for example, do you get a lot of the calories from the grease? If...

by User avatar danielle07

eating soap and eating ice

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My daughter has the constant urge to eat bar soap, like Irish Spring. This started after her last pregancy. She also developed the need to eat ice constantly. The most demanding time is during her menstrual period. Can you please tell me the harm in these type of habits or urges. She thinks it...

by User avatar Guest

Eating Ice Cubes

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Hello everyone, I ..like many of you that have posted already am a ice cube eater . I eat ice cubes 24/7 , Have a fav. glass for my ice. I eat it constanly. Sometimes I run out and have a ''ice fit'' I can't keep enough ice made. And I don't like the big ice cubes, I make them smaller,...

by User avatar ladyswan136875

Is it harmful to eat slate pencil, I consume 20-30 of them

Is it harmful to eat slate pencil as I study in 10th and I consume 20-30 slate pencil in a week or 2 week. I and my friend both love it very much we can't leave this habit. But we are worried about will it cause any harm?? Is there any option to leave this habit??  

by User avatar Kavya

Dial Soap Suds

For the last 6 months or so.... I love to lick Dial Gold suds from my hand. I take the soap and wash  my hands. Then I lather them up again and scoop the suds off and put them in my mouth. I don't swallow the suds.. I spit them out then rinse my mouth with water. I love the taste!  It calms me...

by User avatar dialgoldsudlicker264365

I started eating soap, chalk and bathroom cleaner then they diagnosed me with a chronic anemia

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I started eating soap(Irish spring and Ivory),chalk, comet (bathroom cleaner) since I was 15. I was diagnosed with chronic anemia and started taking Repliva. Years later after the birth of my second child I started eating soap again. I had bought gum to cure the cravings but would then spit the gum...

by User avatar The Dash

i feel sleepy and tired i after i eat even small meal

hi i'm 32 157lb 5 7ft i'm in good shape,but every time ieat i feel very sleepy and tired, even if i eat piece of cake,and i notice the first tim i eat in the morning i have little pain in my stomach,

by User avatar uticaman33

I need suggestion on how to stop eating slate pencils. I am currently consuming a box per day

I am 24 years n have a habits of eating slate pencil since 8 years n consuming 1 box in day or 2 till now I have never faced any problem want a suggestion what should I do to stop it as it will create a lots of issue for me in my future whether I should do sonography to check whether stone is been...

by User avatar Chandu

Eating soap addiction and having a lot of side effects. How can I stop this?

Omg I'm so happy I'm not alone I'm really struggling to stop I'll try get rid of the bars in the bin but I'd just end up buying more I'm addicted to eating Palmolive bars of soap it stared with me smelling it loads then I started washing my hands loads and I ate some of the bubbles which didn't...

by User avatar Guest

I crave eating soap, I find the urge too strong

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OH my gosh!!! I thought I was alone, I crave eating soap.... I don't eat a whole lot, I'd just take a bite or scrape some off its just so soothing to me!!! Is that weird??? The Taste of the soap in my mouth is just awesome the ones I've tried so far are the Irish spring(original) safeguard, zest, I...

by User avatar Guest