So how do you go about doing things like eating/ect.
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I do the exact same thing. I also don't like trying new foods and all of the foods I eat are usually fairly bland. I have no toleration for hot or spicy food and I kind of think that goes along with my fairly sensitive sense of smell. I also dislike foods with certain colors, like blue. It just doesn't seem natural to me to eat something blue as most edible things are not naturally that color. Likewise, I don't like eating things like hard boiled Easter eggs that have had food coloring run into them. Then again, I won't eat eggs any way other than scrambled, so it's kind of irrelevant. I also don't like foods with fruit cooked into them, like pies or blueberry pancakes. I like pancakes and will even eat blueberries but won't eat them together.
When I go to a restaurant, I am somewhat careful in choosing where I sit. I don't want to be in the middle of the room and prefer to be close to a window, so I can watch my car and make sure no one is messing with it. Other factors like placement of the drink fountain, bathrooms or buffet/salad bar can also play into it as well. I usually prefer to sit where I am not easily noticed by other people too as I don't usually want to be disturbed.
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I also eat mine one food at a time, and I also save the best thing on the plate for last - I even remember the very day, the very moment I started doing that (saving the best for last), which was when I was in first grade.
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Sometimes I do this. I also eat mostly sugary stuff. I am actually borderline underweight (male, 5' 11'', ~140lbs.) and I will shake when I have eaten nothing but sugary stuff all day. Those days I feel like a crackhead, because in addition to shaking I will also cease to think clearly and my speech is delayed because I need extra time to think about it.
Yes we do, seems like we have something in common.
At the age of 1-4 I had a tendancy to never mix food on my plate, and I always ate all the meat first(except one piece), then all the potatoes, then all the vegetables, and then the one piece of meat at the end (incase I got full before the plate was empty, I had eaten most of the best, and I always had that one piece left to leave a good taste in my mouth for when I was done). Also, when I were a child, I had this ritual of always going to the toilet before sitting down for a meal. My family teased me about it, thats why I remember.
I also do it this way. Some days I don't really move much, and don't need as much food, and other days while I'm more active my body just screams for nurisment because I always miscalculate how much I need.
I can't drink my coffee before it tempered, and then I have about 5 minutes where I can drink it before it is too cold. I usually leave atleast hald a cup behind when I leave the table.
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I'm very lazy about eating. When I'm covered in my special interests, I'll eat just about anything I find, just so I won't starve. I once ate 5 raw potatoes because I didn't want to leave my interest to cook them.
Also I'm very sensitive to spicy food, and I can't drink hot beverages. I have to let my coffee cool down for ages after my mother has already finished hers.
Ooh and since you all mentioned it, I too start with the last favourite thing and leave the best for last. Not always, but most of the time.
I can relate to this, it's so frustrating to always having to rely on nearby fluids(:roll:) in order to eat anything. No idea if it's actually anxiety related, but I guess I've made it into a habit for some weird reason.
For me it's definitely in my head. Sometimes food needs an extra swallow to go all the way down, I now interpret this feeling as choking or if breath or dislodge it, then I will choke. I brought this up during CBT, but I haven't overcome it yet. I'll just stick to keeping a drink to hand. The only problem is that there are circumstances where a drink isn't available, I've found myself turning down food..
One other odd thing is I drink far too much in the way of liquids and I do tend to drink too fast, I'm not talking about alcohol as such, the same is true with coffee/coke/water/juice. It goes down in one hit, then I'm looking for another. I've done this since I was a child.
Jason.
Oh god, I do this too. It really worried my parents. Except because of that, I was actually underweight.
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