Feeling physically sick due to sadness?

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  • maews
    maews Posts: 39
    yes, i have felt sick from bing sad,it's a normal human reaction
  • kimanne4
    kimanne4 Posts: 52 Member
    I dropped 20 pounds in a month after separating from my now ex a few years ago. I knew I was recovering when I started eating again...lol. Try to eat but if you can't don't. It WILL get better:)
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    Its normal for a day or so.
  • maews
    maews Posts: 39
    and feeling a little nauseous is normal, under the circumstancesit will pass eventually,hang in there.
  • InnerFatGirl
    InnerFatGirl Posts: 2,687 Member
    Its called a break-up diet. Its natures way of making us even hotter for an easy replacement! As they say - they best cure for an old love in a new love.
    Trust me :) And I hope that at least made you crack a little smile on such a hard day.

    Oh, hello you!

    Yes, I squeezed out a little smile. Just a little one ;)

    Sigh. About a new love. I don't know. I don't want to move on yet. I guess I'm still hoping some miracle will happen and we'll get back together and work things out. The last text he sent me said that he doesn't know how it got to this point and that we should give it some time and we'll see where it takes us. As far as I see it, we've broken UP, not on a break, but my heart and arms are still open. I do love him, after all.

    Plus, I think it'll look bad if I just get with a new guy. It might hurt him. I guess I'll just grieve for a few months, or however long it takes, see what happens with us and who knows?
  • FrancesBeanz
    FrancesBeanz Posts: 1
    This is totally normal. When my ex husband and I split up I felt that way for months but I promise you that it gets better. Now I look at my ex and I'm like "What the heck was I thinking?"
  • rainbobrite929
    rainbobrite929 Posts: 116
    Hug.

    I've been there. It's a ***** but I like that saying that every person who is an annoyance in our life is like sandpaper ... in the end, we're the polished one and they are just used up.

    Take a day or two. Drink some wine. Veg. Chill out.

    Then try to go on.
  • cloud2011
    cloud2011 Posts: 898 Member
    I just had to break up with my other half today, and am obviously feeling extremely upset. Just wanted to ask, has anyone else experienced feeling physically sick because they're sad? I have only eaten 826 calories today, and have been feeling sick since earlier, and every time I eat, I feel even more sick. This is a normal reaction, right?

    I'm sorry for your sadness...it's normal to lose your appetite if you're feeling sad or grieving. Give yourself some time, just make sure to take care of yourself.
  • Maddi_InBetweenDays
    Maddi_InBetweenDays Posts: 177
    Completely normal! I just went through this and I thought I was catching a flu. I was headachy, sore stomach and constantly nauseous. The upside is that it passes. I feel for you and hope you'll be alright.
  • InnerFatGirl
    InnerFatGirl Posts: 2,687 Member
    I heart every single person on this thread. It's got to page 2 and no snidy comments! You're all amazing :-)
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Yes. And I completely lost my appetite for two straight weeks, lived off nothing but apple cider and lost 25 pounds.

    It sucks, but it does get better. Some people choose to take an antidepressant to get through the difficult part.
  • rjo921
    rjo921 Posts: 130
    I am very sorry to read your post.....I hope that soon you will find your way back to a place in which you are happy and that you are able to smile again. Please do not let this overcome you.....unfortunately it is a part of life.....it is a learning experience....but do not let it break you in any way. Here is to better days very soon for you.....:flowerforyou:
  • centaurfilly
    centaurfilly Posts: 21
    This is just so strange, though. I am used to OVEReating when I am sad. I thought that it was either a cliche that people don't/can't/won't eat when they break up with someone/get broken up with.

    As everyone else has said, it's pretty normal. And what you mention about overeating vs undereating, I actually go through the same thing usually! If I'm upset about something going on in my life or stressed or just having a bad day, I tend to turn to food for comfort. But I've found if the emotions are TOO overwhelmingly strong, that's when I tend to not want to eat at all (generally only breakups and deaths in the family or of friends have done this to me). Anyhow I'm so sorry you're going through this! Just know that it does get better, I've gone through my fair share of breakups :).
  • stringsNlinks
    stringsNlinks Posts: 293 Member
    I am so sorry you are so sad....

    I lost over 50 lbs when I nearly lost my daughter in an auto accident..she was in a coma and declared dead twice...brain injury and just a horrible time....for all.

    My advise, take it easy on yourself, eat when you can, little bites, often and remember your brain and organs need nutrition and you are important..

    be well, you are way to young and beautiful to be sad for too long ... peace out girl!
  • brandimacleod
    brandimacleod Posts: 368 Member
    To Stringsnlinks,

    I am so sorry to hear that. What an awful time for you and your family. Thank you for sharing with us your story so that we know that loss of appetite is normal, and the reminder that we must take care of our bodies. My heart is with you!
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    Absolutely normal unless it continues over a period of time (a couple of weeks or so)... At that point you would want to be evaluated for depression... However, this is unlikely... Nothing to worry about.
  • InnerFatGirl
    InnerFatGirl Posts: 2,687 Member
    Hello guys, it's the day after the night before, LOL. I still have that sick, anxious, empty feeling but am a bit more upbeat today. I've been very positive about the situation but can no longer seem to cry, which is weird. I'm worried it'll hit me like a ton of bricks later, which it probably will, but oh well, all I can do is live in the moment.

    I went to see him today to get some money he owes me. A very tense 3 minutes. He was relaxed and acting normal, and I was looking off into the distance and very terse with him. Ugh, when I walked away, I felt like every muscle in my body was tensed and I felt suffocated as if by a heavy blanket. Sigh.

    I have managed to eat something today, feeling extremely sick at the moment, but will just stick to drinking tea and eat whenever I feel like I really need it.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    The grief comes in waves. Some relationships take more time to get over than others. I grieved on and off after my worst breakup for two entire years (though the appetite thing and not being able to get out of bed subsided after only a couple weeks). I would just out of nowhere have a day where I would break down in tears for no reason.

    All these years later, as someone previously said, I look back and wonder what I was even thinking!

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