Quicky

Maybe mental complusions?? Like oh **** it's anxiety . Which shows your brain it's important then it sends more worry to 'protect' itself?? Like a snowball effect.. Just an idea

You don't need to be a professional or academic... I'd say living with mental health problems is the best research someone can do...

I appreciate that guys with eating disorders have higher death rates, for obvious reasons. But that doesn't really address the question. Can eating disorders be classed as an OCD type ? How are obsessions and compulsions around food be different to any of the other OCD themes?

Yeah, I agree . I don't think it's all about food and body image sometimes. More a control thing?? ..I'm happy to confess I don't have all the facts about all the symptoms ... Is the binging a compulsion?? ...Many manifestations I suppose. But like other mental/obsessional disorders?... Anyway, glad I've found this forum to discuss this.

I think you are spot on with getting rid of labels. I agree. Fast forward this video to 40 mins. Mark says the same about my question. I am quicky789. He addresses me

I don't understand sorry. Handwashing is a compulsion of an obsession of germs. So OCD about germs. My point is, for example a compulsion of avoiding food or purging food is a fear of gaining weight or trying to be in control. ⁸

My point really is that eating disorders ARE OCD..A theme , no different to someone with fear of germs. So no different

Hi guys. I'll keep this as concise as possible. Having learnt much about OCD over the last decade or so , and now having a friend with Anorexia, the more I think about it the more I look upon Anorexia and other EDs as OCD about food and weight. I fail to see how they're not. I'd be happy to be proven otherwise, but no one has explained to me how they're fundamentally different. It seems because they're about food and there's an obvious physical difference in the sufferer that they've been given another name many years ago... What does everyone think ? Thanks Simon