eating and anxiety

I feel like every time I eat and little while later i get anxiety.. it dont seem to matter how much I eat.. still the same thing about an hour later I start having anxiety..

Hi SL,

It could also be that the physical senstations of eating are triggering the anxiety, without you even being fully aware of them.

When we start to digest, the heart rate increases...body temperature can drop initially, then increase...

These are things you may associate with the physical effects of anxiety...therefore in a subliminal way, causing anxious feelings to arise in response.

As Hibbe suggested, working coping skills is a great way to manage GAD...

...and you can also try a postive mantra when the anxiety arises after a meal...something like:

"This is just the normal digestion process I am noting. These feelings and the anxiety will pass with time, and as I practice my coping skills."

Hope you find some relief soon,

S.C.

I think it shows progress that you were able to identify a trigger for some of your anxiety.

I was just actually about to post a new topic regarding eating and anxiety. It seems to me that every time I eat too much I will start to experience severe anxiety a little while later. I think the feeling of being too full makes me uncomfortable.