How to tell if I have Pica?
Sorry I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this but I think it counts as a ED (I was gonna post on the pica subreddit but it seems to be a place where people post stuff they are actively eating instead of getting support) But I’ve thought maybe for a while i might have pica. It’s kind of a running joke in my friend group and even my family has accused me and I’ll get into why and why I think I might have it. Since I was young I’ve always ate things you shouldnt or had an feeling of wanting to like i remember I use to always eat wood chips (or really anything off my grandparents floor) and I’ve always ate things I wasn’t supposed to like when I would have a juicy box i would always eat the plastic straw after and sometimes the box, I’ve also ate cardboard before and (this is something I still always do) if I have a lollipop or popsicle I’ll eat that and then the stick next and even if I see an old popsicle stick I have like from arts and craft sometimes I’ll eat it. I’ve also craved weird things before like wet dog food (which led me to this pica thing in the first place) and I always crave thick glass cups after I drink them. Pretty much if I eat something there is a solid chance I’ll eat the uneditable part after. I also used to eat paper as a “funny and quirky joke” to weird out my friends cus I thought it was funny but looking back I think I just liked eating paper. The only reason I don’t think I have it is because it’s not like serve or even constant like I look at cases online and I’m like “wow I’m not that bad, I don’t think I have this” One time my mom got worried when I was talking about the glass thing and when she asked if I was actually eating stuff or not I just said I wasn’t but I’m posting this because I fear I might have it because I have been eating these plastic tooth floss things all day and I’m even eating one well typing this. So is anyone with pica on this subreddit and can you help me? Do you think I have it or am I just weird and overthinking it? Sorry for long post