Does anyone else see their body differently then it really is? like one day u think your thin the next fat?

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Now i have a few mental health disorders BPD,BD,OCD, PSTD, agoraphobic and anxiety. now i dont know which one this falls under but i swear sometimes i think i weigh 300 lbs or more ill look in the mirror and see an enormous me. and then the next day or so i will look thin i mean thinner then i am. I have had this going on for a while but not everyday just once in a while. when i was a teenager i was 93 lbs and thought i was huge. as an adult i was a size 7/9 and i thought i was about 250 sometimes. my husband doesnt understand. I had a baby a year ago and am bigger then my old size 12 but in my head i see myself as my size 12 when in actuallity im a size 18. but i see myself even bigger at times I was looking at pics we too last weekend i swear im about 350 with 2 chins. but when i look in the mirror i dont see it. well sometimes anyhow. does this happen to anyone?

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yea but i think it has a lot to do with water weight. losing water weight can make you appear thinner to yourself, but only you notice because you know your own body. your stomach may be flatter and you fingers and throat may be thinner. but if you eat alot of alt, it may all fill out again and look like a huge difference, but only to you. this is how it is for me

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Are you being treated for your various mental disorders? If not, you really need to be! If so, you really need to mention this to the person who is treating you. I think most women feel some degree of this -- we all have "fat" days and "thin" days. But your case is clearly extreme and unhealthy and deserves serious medical attention. Good luck!

yes I had Gastric bypass surgery in August 2002. I have lost 200 lbs since then. I look small on the outside but my insides emotionally have not caught up to what's gone on on the outside. I'm being treated for depression.. Didn't start getting treated for it until I was 40. The therapist couldn't believe that with my childhood and family background that I'd never been treated for it. I have heard that hormones are stored in fat and with weight loss they get released into the body. (That can't help with the emotional rollercoastering.) Every day I have to remind myself that I am a GOOD person. I believe that there is a chemical imbalance in me. I used to "self medicate" with drugs, alcohol, food.. name a substance.. I tried it. The bottom line is that brain wiring doesn't function right. The seratonin etc is off balance. It's been a huge help to get help from a dr. This is just me. It's everyone's own choice. If you're feeling like you want to go sit on the railroad tracks or something like that I say GO GET HELP! Suicidal tendencies are not NORMAL. That's what caused me to go ask for help. Your hubby will never understand. My boyfriend has practically yelled at me about it before. He just can't relate. (He also was never 360 lbs and 4'11" tall. ) He has no clue. I used my size to keep people away from me. well.. now I've lost my people shield. It's pretty scary.
I hope what I've said has made some sense. This is just my experience with this.

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