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Autistic trait or something ese?

Autistic_bookworm

Hello everyone,

Even before I was diagnosed with Autism in 2021, I have always had a bad relationship with food.  I was overweight in my teens, bulemic in my 20s and now in my 30s im overweight again.  I try and eat healthy but i always go back to the foods I know I will enjoy. 

I have tried Slimming World and calorie counting but doesnt seem to work.  when I do these if I go back to how I was I would feel guilty and low then I would take drastic action and either not eat or eat very little.  I'm not sure if this is a neurotypical trait or a neurodiverse trait.

Sorry for my spelling I have never been good at it.

Yours

Autistic-bookworm

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  • I have issues with eating too, I never eat enough food, and I can just sit there starving for hours, because I am concentrating and obsessed with my personal interest, and I find eating a chore to do. I do enjoy eating food, but I like working on my personal interest more than I enjoy eating food.

    I think that many people struggle with food and weight, and they struggle a lot more than they care to admit, but there's a large market for it, so there's a large amount of people struggling with it. 

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  • I have issues with eating too, I never eat enough food, and I can just sit there starving for hours, because I am concentrating and obsessed with my personal interest, and I find eating a chore to do. I do enjoy eating food, but I like working on my personal interest more than I enjoy eating food.

    I think that many people struggle with food and weight, and they struggle a lot more than they care to admit, but there's a large market for it, so there's a large amount of people struggling with it. 

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