What does the shame of having ED feel like for you?

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A knot in my chest with my heart beating

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I felt anxious and heavy breathing, a heavy weight on my chest

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Tension in my gut, and just an overall heavy feeling.

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It felt like fear and sadness. It didn’t feel physical. It was like a wave. The thought of admitting to it with a friend brought up a lot of emotion.

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Heavy chest and nervous stomach

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Still, heavy, cold, on the chest.

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Stomach nerves

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Increase in heartbeat. I feel a bit nervous

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I just felt like less of a man. Felt no motivation to go to the gym or stay active. It just sucked the life out of me.

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Felt slightly disembodied, like numb. Hands got sweatier.

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annoying. depressing. dont feel like a man

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Aaaaah! Feel like exploding.

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83

Didn’t feel anything

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Painful And humiliating. It is something I have surpressed for many years and is quite stagnant. It feels. Like I’m lesss of a man, and i worry people would laugh and joke at my expense. Memories of when I was a teenager! Overall a difficult experience

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86

Tightness is my abdomen

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Feeling tense throughout my body like a sickness.

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My stomach felt something. I think it is anxiety.

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Something in my stomach. I think it is anxiety.

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I hate that she feels its about her, she takes it personal and i feel her pain

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Like a heavy weight that I can’t get rid of. A pit in my stomach that won’t go away. A general feeling of despair and hopelessness that I can’t shake.

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