I have to stop this, calorie-counting and protein-counting. Even chewing gum and the splash of milk in my coffee, they’re in the count! I have ‘OCD‘ (‘Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - though my youngest, when approx 12 years old, he thought it stood for ‘Obsessive Cleaning Disturbance’: children see things, they are very aware, conscious of, what’s ...
OCD vs BEING A BIT OBSESSIVE: TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS!
I often hear people say, "Oh, I've definitely got OCD" and "I'm SO OCD about this, SO OCD about that!" when the facts tell a very different story. OCD vs going a bit 'OTT' ('over the top') - parallels, to make the point that they are very different: a slight cold vs double pneumonia; slight angina ...
‘STAND-ALONE’ EATING DISORDER OR ‘JUST’ A SYMPTOM OF OCD and/or OBSESSIVE PERSONALITY?
I’m watching, and loving, ‘The Sopranos’. One of my ‘issues’ in life is calorie counting and keeping tabs on my daily protein intake. I keep myself on a tight food rein and what they seem to do most in ‘The Sopranos’, more than killing people and going behind their wives’ backs, is eat - eat, eat, eat, ...
AM I SUFFERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER?
Perhaps a little obsessive on the calorie counting, protein counting front. Everything I do during the day, working, resting, playing, it’s all under an umbrella of calorie counting, it’s all part of my 24/7 food, eating, nutrition and running mindset. Everything outside of food, eating, nutrition, running is subservient, in terms of importance and priority, to ...
MY OBSESSION WITH EATING: AM I IN CONTROL OR AM I BEING CONTROLLED?
Four years ago, I started a major lifestyle change, dietary, exercise (running), no alcohol, big weight-loss, mental health focus. Before I continue, I should point out that I suffer from clinical depression, I take SSRI antidepressants and I take betablockers to keep panic attacks at bay. I should also point out that I have OCD (psychiatrist ...
OCD: A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
I’m on a diet. Well, it started as a diet but things have probably moved on a bit…I’m manifesting, I guess, anorexia, or am I? I’m fully aware, fully conscious of what I’m doing and I wonder, I’m not a psychologist nor am I a psychiatrist, but I wonder if that differentiates me from an anorexic: are ...