Worry of not having eaten enough

[marta1234]

I don’t how to explain this very well, but I’ve been meaning to share this on this forum for some time.
In simple terms, when my cptsd symptoms are more present and (especially) before going to bed, I , most times, have trouble going to sleep before assuring myself that
I’ve eaten enough. If I’m having a bad day and unable to reassure myself, then I’ll constantly be worrying whether I had enough to eat for the night, and feel even more empty in my stomach making me to get up and eat something to reassure myself (in the kitchen). This also used to be the same thing with water (worrying if I had drunk enough), but for this I just took a bottle of water right next to my bed.

I’ve always felt this is normal. I’ve battled with this for my whole life, even from a young age. It isn’t because we didn’t have plenty of food, we did, but maybe because of past experiences in the kitchen with a sibling. I don’t really have much of an idea.