I also have the problem that anxiety along with other triggers cause me to stop eating. Unfortunately, I'm married to the cause of my anxiety so it is hard to avoid. I find that once I get into the cycle of not eating, it becomes harder & harder to eat, causing extreme weight loss. Also once I start losing weight, I realize that I want to lose that weight because I feel fat.

This has happened continually throughout my life until it finally hit long enough that I ended up in a treatment hospital (16 lbs under my minimum weight). I am now experiencing the same problem again after 5 years. I really thought it would not hit like this again, but I guess I was wrong. I didn't realize it was a problem until my dr mentioned about my weight loss & I find myself wearing the same cloths I did the last time. But I feel good about losing the weight, & don't want to stop (yet). After all, I weigh less than what I did when I got married 30 yrs ago. That's good.

It was a few weeks ago when I realized this & found these forums I thought might help me deal with it before it becomes a problem again. Everyone here seems so supportive when someone has a problem & is quite a family.