When is it an issue or even real?

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I'm male. Long story short I was molested by a therapist as a child. I barely remember anything during that time. But my eating got so bad the school has a social worker make sure I eat. My mum says it was just fast metabolism. I don't know.

Fast forward to now. The guy who did it is in the news. And I've struggled with eating since. But like I've learnt how to cope on my own.

If I do gym and exercise plus do a skincare routine based on anti ageing I can pressure myself to eat. 9/10 days I eat fine even good. But I give myself a treat where I don't have to eat once in a while. Or if I'm super stressed I don't eat much I find it gross. I find the control from not eating is amazing. I feel so proud. But I know it's bad.

I'm at a new therapist now. She basically shrugged off my eating stuff. I told a doctor years ago. She laughed. Genuinely laughed. I was a teenage boy and I did eat well but it was the stress of doing it.

So I guess the question is. Do I pursue this further? Do I bother finding a better doctor or therapist. Or I am just being weird and exaggerating?

Posted Jul 8, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC

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