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Eating Problems

corvus
1 month ago

Going to mentioning eating habits and not eating; if that could upset you please do not read further! I wasn't sure what category this kind of post should be in, so I've put it here.

For a while now, I've been having difficulty with my eating habits.
This has been a problem of mine since around high school, where I would skip meals because I was so exhausted; but it has really ramped up this past year. I find it difficult to recognize when I'm hungry, and I skip meals frequently.
It's not uncommon for me not to eat in a day. I also feel like my appetite has drastically decreased, and I don't find much joy in eating anymore. I just cannot tell when I am hungry anymore.

I've lost a significant amount of weight because of this, and it's starting to concern my family when I skip meals and say I don't feel hungry.
I think my depression has part of why this is happening, but I'm not sure. I think it might have to do with my emotional blindness too.

Has anybody else had this problem, and what helps them with this? I'm open to any suggestions or your stories, they'd help me a lot in not feeling alone in this. Thank you.

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  • 1 month ago

    I went through this few times in my life. Periodically I get constantly hungry, later to not feel any hunger to the point, that I feel faint and fall because I skip meals, forget them or food seems so awful to me that I can’t even touch or smell it. I also have problems recognising my emotions. Just few years ago I started figuring out what I actually felt years ago as a kid and teenager and that I was angry and frustrated for not being able to recognise and verbalise what I actually want and feel. I heard that it’s poor interoception - one of our senses (awareness of one’s body) it often affects autistic people in many ways. How I deal with it - I use my own preferences to routine to build a healthy routine and eat something even if I’m not hungry (something light and not much, just a little) I also try to drink more. Often turns out if I eat something little like apple or drink a tea, then I start feeling some hunger to have some more meal. 

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  • 1 month ago

    I went through this few times in my life. Periodically I get constantly hungry, later to not feel any hunger to the point, that I feel faint and fall because I skip meals, forget them or food seems so awful to me that I can’t even touch or smell it. I also have problems recognising my emotions. Just few years ago I started figuring out what I actually felt years ago as a kid and teenager and that I was angry and frustrated for not being able to recognise and verbalise what I actually want and feel. I heard that it’s poor interoception - one of our senses (awareness of one’s body) it often affects autistic people in many ways. How I deal with it - I use my own preferences to routine to build a healthy routine and eat something even if I’m not hungry (something light and not much, just a little) I also try to drink more. Often turns out if I eat something little like apple or drink a tea, then I start feeling some hunger to have some more meal. 

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