Hi everyone,

I'm a 12th grade student with severe OCD, and self-diagnosed mild depression. I also suffer from derealization and panic attacks.

Most of my panic attacks happen at school, and I was just getting used to them but I've been having this strange fear/obsession happening while I'm in my classes. I guess I started fearing that my stomach would growl during class and everyone would hear, and even though I'd had enough food it would start to growl! So I'd have to either go to my locker and get more food to devour, or just suck in my stomach to the extreme and just try to make it stop.

So now my situation is: I have to basically be eating all the time during school, including my classes, or else my stomach will automatically get the feeling that it will start to rumble. My teachers don't know what's going on so I'll just leave secretly and get food, or bring food into class and eat it as discreetly as possible. :/ It's SO embarassing and completely distracts me from my school work. I often worry about my stomach growling.

Note: I'm not a big eater, and I usually don't eat continuously throughout the day. Like, as soon as I get home, any feelings that my stomach will rumble are gone. I can easily go 3-4 hours without eating. Because of this, I think it's related to a phobia or maybe panic?

Has anyone ever had this, or anything similar to this? :/ It seems like such a small thing, but it's really bothering me. Any input would be greatly appreciated, thank you!