OCD kids and not eating, why?

[Guest guest]

Me again...my daughter has never had an appetite issue, but the last few months

she has gotten to where she doesn't feel like eating until maybe lunch time, and

even then not much. She will say her tummy doesn't feel like eating, but during

her " free " days of summer she wasn't having the stomachaches she complained

about when she was going to the YMCA program that was causing anxiety.

 

When you with kids who have quit eating, is it usually in response to fear of

vomiting? Or just lack of appetite? Sometimes she'll say it feels like

something's stuck in her throat, too.

 

I feel like we're on a precipice here with her, and at any moment she'll topple

into the abyss!

[Guest guest]

My son stopped in response to fear of someone poisoning his food. Nothing to do

with vomiting at all.

[Guest guest]

My daughter also stopped eating lunch at school if someone even touched her

sandwich. She got over this with ERP. That being said I noticed just this

week she is not eating breakfast lately. Hmmmm

Jane

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