do i have a eating disorder?

[Bri-Bri]

so i tend to quit eating for long periods of time when i get angry and really stressed out. and i get angry/stressed a lot. like last time i would only eat a little here and there very rarely, i ended up losing 20 pounds in a week and a half.
is this a eating disorder??

[xXl0sth0peXx]

so i tend to quit eating for long periods of time when i get angry and really stressed out. and i get angry/stressed a lot. like last time i would only eat a little here and there very rarely, i ended up losing 20 pounds in a week and a half.
is this a eating disorder??

Well, first.. it's almost impossible to lose 20lbs in a week and a half.. that's a deficit of over 7000 calories a day, and that doesn't take into account that your body would stop losing at times due to it preserving calories and needing to keep you alive. so yeah.

but anyways.. to answer your question, i don't know. it could maybe become one, but from the sounds of it, it seems like if you got your anxiety/stress problem fixed your eating would go back to normalish. most people with eating disorders are obsessed with weight and calories and yeah. so through my eyes, it doesn't really sound like one, just more of a stress problem.

[Mortal Coil]

most people with eating disorders are obsessed with weight and calories and yeah. so through my eyes, it doesn't really sound like one, just more of a stress problem.

While many people with EDs are primarily concerned with calories and weight, eating disorders are, at their core, using food and manipulating one's relationship with it in order to circumnavigate other stresses, anxieties or neuroses. At least that's the theory. Since the OP is doing this, I'd say that nobody on here can diagnose her (you, OP) but it's pretty likely.

[laurazoom]

Your condition may gradually lead to a serious eating disorder. When you feel stressed out or angry, try improving your mood by doing something you like instead of stop eating, since this is a very unhealthy habit.

[Discomposure]

Nobody on here can really answer your question.
If you feel something is not right - your relationship with food. Then it's important that you look to someone professional who knows what they're talking about. A dietician or therapist?
How long have you been doing this for by the way?
It does sound like you have some unhealthy ways of loosing weight, and that food is also taking it's toll on you emotionally. This is when it becomes a problem, you get stuck in a cycle and it affects you in more than one way.
I'd definately speak to someone about what you're currently doing because if not now it could become something you loose control over, which is when it becomes a problem.

[Stevo 69]

I wouldn't say so, as you tend not to eat due to stress, an eating disorder would be if you were obsessed with food in such a way, like calories or fats.

[Bri-Bri]

Nobody on here can really answer your question.
If you feel something is not right - your relationship with food. Then it's important that you look to someone professional who knows what they're talking about. A dietician or therapist?
How long have you been doing this for by the way?
It does sound like you have some unhealthy ways of loosing weight, and that food is also taking it's toll on you emotionally. This is when it becomes a problem, you get stuck in a cycle and it affects you in more than one way.
I'd definately speak to someone about what you're currently doing because if not now it could become something you loose control over, which is when it becomes a problem.

Iv done it for about two and a half years, on and off

[its.me.akshay]

so i tend to quit eating for long periods of time when i get angry and really stressed out. and i get angry/stressed a lot. like last time i would only eat a little here and there very rarely, i ended up losing 20 pounds in a week and a half.
is this a eating disorder??

duh... Datz lyke me too...!!
Anyways thats not an eating disorder... Just a mental obstracle that u cant break when ure sad or unhappy and sort of things like that... Anywayz try meditation or yoga of punching sume pillows to the least... It wud help u calm down....!!!

[Discomposure]

Iv done it for about two and a half years, on and off

Then it's probably that you've already gotten into a habit that you maybe struggle to control?
If this is the case you really should seek someone professional to talk about this with because it will only get worse and worse.
Good luck, I hope you do take on this advice because eating disoders can destroy yourself and the people who love you.

[Bri-Bri]

Then it's probably that you've already gotten into a habit that you maybe struggle to control?
If this is the case you really should seek someone professional to talk about this with because it will only get worse and worse.
Good luck, I hope you do take on this advice because eating disoders can destroy yourself and the people who love you.

thank you for the help/ advice. i plan on finding someone soon

[Discomposure]

No problem. I'm glad to hear you are going to talk with someone about it.
Eating disorders can seriously mess you up, not just physically, psychologically too and more sometimes.
If you need to chat, anything like that. Just message me.
Good luck <3

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

Well, first.. it's almost impossible to lose 20lbs in a week and a half.. that's a deficit of over 7000 calories a day, and that doesn't take into account that your body would stop losing at times due to it preserving calories and needing to keep you alive. so yeah.

but anyways.. to answer your question, i don't know. it could maybe become one, but from the sounds of it, it seems like if you got your anxiety/stress problem fixed your eating would go back to normalish. most people with eating disorders are obsessed with weight and calories and yeah. so through my eyes, it doesn't really sound like one, just more of a stress problem.

I am not to sure if you could have one or not, but to xXl0sth0peXx, I wanna say too its basically impossible to lose 20lbs in and week and half. Ive lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks cause of stress alone, not good for you at all... but 20 in 2 weeks, well with stress and a ED, maybe? But youd need a serious factor, like illness too. But its not healthy either way to loose so much weight so fast.