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Throughout my life I've often thought, "If only I didn't need to eat."

Nessie

I'm hoping this is an autistic trait that others can relate to.

It annoys me that my body is so dependent on nourishment, when my brain will happily keep going for 36 hours straight (I know that brains need food and water too, but I'm trying to make a point here).

I'm almost always indifferent to being hungry. I'm not anorexic or depressed, and I don't have any sensory issues with food (although I do have a number of intolerances), I just find planning, shopping for, preparing and eating food a real chore. Very rarely do I derive any enjoyment from eating, and I'd be perfectly happy if I never had to eat again. I mean, I can plug in my iPhone to charge overnight, so why can't I do the same with me?

It just feels like such a frustrating, annoyingly-recurrent, time-consuming interruption when I could be thinking about and/or doing other things.

I'd welcome your thoughts and experiences please.

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  • Hi, 

    I do get that feeling as well, especially if I'm engaged in something I enjoy doing, such as reading a book that interests me, or doing some creative writing. 

    So I can understand why you feel that way. 

    But equally I also love my food, and can get quite hangry if I haven't eaten in a while, so I'm a bit of a mystery in that respect. 

    I do have certain foods which I favour over others, such as sausage rolls and macaroni cheese.

    I don't know if this has been of any help to you, but I thought I'd share. 

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  • Hi, 

    I do get that feeling as well, especially if I'm engaged in something I enjoy doing, such as reading a book that interests me, or doing some creative writing. 

    So I can understand why you feel that way. 

    But equally I also love my food, and can get quite hangry if I haven't eaten in a while, so I'm a bit of a mystery in that respect. 

    I do have certain foods which I favour over others, such as sausage rolls and macaroni cheese.

    I don't know if this has been of any help to you, but I thought I'd share. 

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  • in reply to comingtoterms

    Hey, thanks for weighing in. I do love a good share.

    I think it just feels like an unnecessary distraction that boomerangs back every 4-6 hours, and probably has a lot to do with my value judgements on what is 'necessary' in the first place. Like you say, it's frustrating to be pulled away to tend to baser needs when you're in the zone.

    For the longest time, I thought of my body as nothing more than a receptacle to carry my brain around in, but then my body kept packing up and getting in the way of my brain doing anything so I realised I needed to take some care of it. Maybe I'd just be happier as a brain in a jar? I do like hugs, though, so it's a tricky one.

    Nessie x

    P.S.Sausage rolls are yummy, especially when warm! When I worked as a Saturday assistant in a kitchen shop as a teenager, the owner would always send me to the bakery on the corner for warm sausage rolls and, lovely as they were, inside I'd be thinking, "But I really want to go and tidy the stock room."