Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | How to start eating normal again?

Hello everyone..
some of you may have read some of what I'm going through already, but I'll state some of it again for help with my issues.
About 6 months ago I was in a relationship with a sexy guy that gave me heaps and heaps of anxiety. My tummy has always bothered me but it started hurting a lot more, and I started eating a lot less. We broke up 2 months later and it's just gotten much worse since then. First I wasn't hungry, so I hardly ate. Then eating started giving me tummy aches, and I would poop tons! Anytime I would get really really stressed, I would get D or loose stools. I would get cramping a lot and feel bloated. Anytime I get D I hardly eat anything for about 4 days, which causes me to loose weight, and the way I eat normally doesn't cause me to gain weight at all, so I haven't gained any of the weight back I've lost. So I'm at the point where my symptoms feel a little more controlled with some Chinese herbs from an accupunctrist. I'm trying to eat a semi-normal amount of food again, but everytime i eat a little more then I'm used to, I get really bloated and feel naseous. I feel SO hungry but also bloated and full. I feel like my body is recovering from an eating disoder, which no one really talks about, so I don't know how to do. Mostly people talk about the psychological aspects of healing from an eating disorder, but not about how much it hurts to stretch your tummy out again. Any tips? This is how much I have been eating: toast and avo for breakfast, with hardboiled eggs (no yokes mostly), and sometimes a little ghee. toast and chicken and avo for lunch, sometimes with a little brown rice and some veggies (very small portions tho). and usually the same for dinner as for lunch. inbetween i mostly have been eating tons of pretzels. i eat 3 small meals a day, i should probably be eating like 4-6 small meals a day.. but it's kind of painful. i don't eat very much fat at all. i can't stand how skinny i've become, but i'm so scared of an outbreak. i don't think i have IBS as bad as most people on here, but i have a really low tolerance for pain and uncomfortablity, plus i'm not very busy lately (due to cutting things out of my life because of anxiety and depression) so i'm very very focused on my body and what it's feeling....
any input is appreciated, i love you guys and your support!!

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