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.

I will eat every last bean or every last grain of rice on the plate.

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.

This is exactly how I eat aswell, ever since I was young I've eaten like this. I also like my food/drinks at or near room temperature

I'll only eat specific things when I'm in a specific mood.

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.

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.

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.

I also leave hot drinks a for a long time to cool down.

Another one thing at a timer here. And I'm rather messy.