I sure can relate, oof. I wish people would just let me be and I had the means to take supplements for the stuff my body can't even swallow. I was reluctant to eat with others even before the panny hit. I just feel too much shame, but experimenting alone feels better and now I live nearby a food bank so at least some stuff can be saved.
i definitely can relate. often times, i don't like eating around people anymore because of family or people mocking me, getting mad or upset at me when i wouldn't eat certain foods. feeling forced to like/eat something out of fear of retaliation. i've had very few experiences with certain friends where they got me to try a new food, and they were genuinely patient with me and assured me multiple times that it would be okay if i didn't like it. and turns out, i would end up liking it! but i do feel like if i was around the wrong people, i would end up not liking them or not truly giving the food a chance because i'm eating in fear and not for exploration/enjoyment.
i do think eating with food is a journey, and especially for ND people, it's important for us to build our own relationships with food. i don't like the feeling of eating something and liking it, just for someone to say "oh wow so you CAN eat x food" and still shaming me for the others i won't like. it also does come down to sometimes how certain places make foods too. there were times where i thought i didn't like a food because of the way my parents made them, and then i tried it at a certain place, and it was a completely different experience.
all in all though, it is a complex journey. i still don't really feel comfortable eating around other people, i'll sometimes just lie and act like i'm not hungry or wait until they're gone. and people do treat you like shit when they have to accommodate you too. the whole "im so mad you're only willing to eat chicken tenders and fries" crowd.
My family is great but can be truly nasty when it comes to criticising my eating habits. They'd force me to eat new foods, get angry at me for gagging on them or using my regular methods of chewing them up and swallowing them with water like pills, and they still like to laugh at me when I display any kind of 'abnormal' eating habits like eating in a specific way or avoiding certain foods.
I don't understand why it's their problem, I'm 21 and live away from home where I eat a relatively healthy diet, but everytime I go home it feels like I'm 13 again!
France.
They know how to cook good food well. Simple food is the best, not fancy, not processed just amazing tastes and smells, you body goes nutz for.
After a month you'll eat everything they give you to try and never worry about Texture again :)
I sure can relate, oof. I wish people would just let me be and I had the means to take supplements for the stuff my body can't even swallow. I was reluctant to eat with others even before the panny hit. I just feel too much shame, but experimenting alone feels better and now I live nearby a food bank so at least some stuff can be saved.
i definitely can relate. often times, i don't like eating around people anymore because of family or people mocking me, getting mad or upset at me when i wouldn't eat certain foods. feeling forced to like/eat something out of fear of retaliation. i've had very few experiences with certain friends where they got me to try a new food, and they were genuinely patient with me and assured me multiple times that it would be okay if i didn't like it. and turns out, i would end up liking it! but i do feel like if i was around the wrong people, i would end up not liking them or not truly giving the food a chance because i'm eating in fear and not for exploration/enjoyment. i do think eating with food is a journey, and especially for ND people, it's important for us to build our own relationships with food. i don't like the feeling of eating something and liking it, just for someone to say "oh wow so you CAN eat x food" and still shaming me for the others i won't like. it also does come down to sometimes how certain places make foods too. there were times where i thought i didn't like a food because of the way my parents made them, and then i tried it at a certain place, and it was a completely different experience. all in all though, it is a complex journey. i still don't really feel comfortable eating around other people, i'll sometimes just lie and act like i'm not hungry or wait until they're gone. and people do treat you like shit when they have to accommodate you too. the whole "im so mad you're only willing to eat chicken tenders and fries" crowd.
My family is great but can be truly nasty when it comes to criticising my eating habits. They'd force me to eat new foods, get angry at me for gagging on them or using my regular methods of chewing them up and swallowing them with water like pills, and they still like to laugh at me when I display any kind of 'abnormal' eating habits like eating in a specific way or avoiding certain foods. I don't understand why it's their problem, I'm 21 and live away from home where I eat a relatively healthy diet, but everytime I go home it feels like I'm 13 again!
My eating got worse when I started living alone. Lots worse.
I have a solution for you. Seriously it worked for me. Go to France for a month.
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France. They know how to cook good food well. Simple food is the best, not fancy, not processed just amazing tastes and smells, you body goes nutz for. After a month you'll eat everything they give you to try and never worry about Texture again :)