I have emitophobia which has influenced my eating patterns since the age of 3. I would even dream about it
....... and breath. Your gut may be empty so when it gets a meal you are aware of it going through the system, I could lay in the bath and watch my wind from the belly button down ........ until
My trick has been for years to eat little and often, slow release foods - bananas, dried fruits and nuts, porridge; thin redybrek [any1 remember that
]. B4 my body feels hungry. It's an Art Form!
The big 'C' - many people are diagnosed and successfully treated - I had breast disease in the 1990s, still here. The anxiety then was around whether a panic attack would stop me attending my daily radiation sessions: they didn't.
Make sure that you drink enough. I found when really ill that an Oxo cube dissolved in hot water in a mug was useful, as I began to recover I added rice to bulk it up. DH cooked the same bland chicken mix night after night for weeks
. Once I found foods that didn't make me feel worse, I stuck with them!!
It is so easy for these counsellors to say 'mindfulness' helps. NOPE! I couldn't relax enough to practice the relaxation tapes [remember those?]. What I did do was go shopping at less busy times which still helps keep the anxiety under control, once my gut lurches that's it! I'm away home.
What do you eat in the day?