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Autism, OCD or a phobia?

Alex_

I don't know whether this is an autism thing that I didn't know about, or whether this is one of many things that should make me seek an OCD diagnosis, but I thought I'd ask. Whenever I eat something, anything, and I accidentally touch some of the food that I'm not currently in the process of eating, I have to eat it immediately. The touched food cannot be on my plate. I have no doomsday thoughts, no "eat it, or *something* happens", I just feel this anxiety about that food lying in my bowl or on my plate, touched yet uneaten. Can anyone tell me anything about this? I feel slightly annoyed, and a tiny bit crazy, by this, and I'd like to know what this is about. (Respectfully, of course. This is not intended as a demand, but as a plead for answers.)

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Thats Scotlands staple dish you are talking about. Soggy on the outside, crunchy on the inside and tasting of everything that has been fried before.

    It is kind of a greatest hits of food at the chippie when you think about it - great value for money.

    With the price of fish these days it is much more likely to be tasting of sausages of questionable heritage.

    Wink

  • in reply to Iain

    What you mean chips that are half raw and dried up tasting of rancid fish?

  • in reply to TheCatWoman
    TheCatWoman said:
    I don't like chips much anyway, but they're always fried in the same fat as the fish in a chippy and thats just so wrong.

    I guess that is where all the flavour comes from - fish, sausages, chicken and the odd mars bar if you are in Scotland.

    I recall being a big fan of deep fried pizza when I was in my teens - all that crispy bread base was delicious. Possibly not the healthiest menu choice now I come to think on it but it helped insulate my arteries against the cold Scottish winter...

  • in reply to Mr T

    I thought eating the least liked thig on the plate first was common sense, after all we're told we can have something we like to take away the tast of nasty medicine! My parents were amazed that I ate sprouts first because I had the rest of the dinner to take the taste away.

    I can't and won't eat anything thats be touched by meat or fish, I don't like chips much anyway, but they're always fried in the same fat as the fish in a chippy and thats just so wrong.

  • in reply to colin
    colin said:
    I eat everything from least liked to most liked.

    Wow so do I. It is weird as you would think that the thing you enjoy the most would be the first thing you eat. I never considered this as a 'tism thing but just hearing someone else say it brings it into focus.

  • I know inexplicable eating habits are common in autism. As a kid, I used to hate peas and if there was any evidence that there had been a pea on my plate or the spoon had been used to serve up something else, I could not eat anything on the plate.

    Also as a kid but went on into my teens, everything on the plate had to be separate. If anything touched anything else, I couldn't eat anything on the plate. Everything was eaten separately as well. And, as is still the case, I eat everything from least liked to most liked.

    Probably the worst thing for me now is that I will eat whatever somebody has gone to the trouble of making me. No matter how much I hate it. I find it easier than telling them.

    I've just remembered a quite serious argument I had with a girlfriend when she took some mushrooms off my plate. She said she thought I didn't like them because I hadn't eaten any but it was because I was saving them for last.

    Anyway, I don't know if that answers your question but I gave it a go