FyreWulff t1_ja26n7b wrote on February 26, 2023 at 7:44 AM

It really messes with you later on. I tripped and dropped food off a plate when I was 35 (now 39) and broke out into tears because I had 'lost dinner' even though I could just go back and get more. It was so weird to have that feeling of despair come slamming back out of nowhere and disappear just as fast.

mmwood t1_ja387up wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:51 PM

That’s really sad to me - Atleast you can acknowledge it and maybe move past it. I have a friend who is like this and knowing that he was born to very young parents and probably had a radically different childhood than myself and it still affects him today hurts to think about (though he’s never opened up about anything other than have teenage parents)

FyreWulff t1_ja6ysow wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:21 AM

It wasn't out of embarassment either. Nobody was around. It was food I cooked myself and had plenty of.

I've largely moved past the original childhood stuff. I think a lot of us know it's not our fault and we try to overcome the food addiction but the brain be like that. It was just surreal to have a long buried feeling come bursting out like that.