I actually had to look at up and that disorder sounds horrible and seems like it’d put a real damper on everything.

.People can be so nosy when you try to explain to them what you can or can’t do!

That sounds almost exactly like what’s happened to me. I lost a lot of weight from eating next to nothing. At one point, the only thing I’d eat all day would be 1 bowlful of Rice Chex.

One gets over it by eating food.

Basically, it’s exposure therapy for me. I try a little bit of new food and see that nothing bad happens to me. At the next exposure, I eat some more of the new food, until can eat a normal serving of the food.

All the while being mentally somewhere between “Oh, this is nothing!” to “I’M…

Thank you! I’m getting there.

I have emetophobia, too! The two seem to travel in pairs. I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with these things as well.

Thank you. That sounds like it might help me. It’s a lot easier to deal with things on the days where I feel physically well, so there’s some connection there that I can use to my advantage.

I’ve been putting off exercise since I’m from Florida and it’s as hot as the surface of the sun where I live. Thankfully,…

No problem!

I actually only found out it has a name a few weeks ago and I sat there and sobbed for a few minutes because I finally found that my struggle has a name.

If it has a name, then other people have it, then there are treatments for it!

I feel that! From what I know it’s pretty common and a built-in safety feature. The two are associated together in your mind.

I still use Tumblr and this is a pretty big problem over there. I have friends who actually don’t use any kind of social media because they’re so paranoid about saying or doing something “wrong” and having a horde of people send them death threats or risk being doxxed.

After 18 years (with the last six showing major symptoms), I was finally diagnosed with cibiphobia: the fear of food. (Here is a really good Healthline description of the disorder.) It’s kinda like a combination of orthorexia and contamination OCD.

Every so often I replay a Valve game and then get sad because they don’t make games anymore.

I think that this is the simplest but most whole take on this. It just sucks all the way around.

I now know what my life’s true calling is.

I need this on a t-shirt.

If you’re an artist, sharing a studio with other people can be really fulfilling. Not only are you sharing supplies (which means you can buy in bulk and get wholesale), but you’re also sharing a thinking space.

I know I’d watch it.

I just said they are old enough to know better.

Kids are just really hecking dumb.

I’m sorry that that happened to you. I’m disabled as well and it’s hard to find something that makes you feel “normal,” as well.