Eating as stimming?

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Yeah, I can get stuck on a bag of chips. I deal with this by not buying bags of chips. Similar happens with other snacks (which I similarly avoid).

But yes, the texture, the sound, the motion, the flavor, all of it. It's very stimmy, I think. My favorite food for this is actually buffalo wings and long before I knew I was AS I daydreamed about having a way to just chew them without wasting food.

It's classified as an eating disorder when you over eat.

But I also enjoy flavors of food and I sometimes like to eat for the flavor. I used to do it more often as a kid but now as an adult my weight is what stops me from doing it. Now it's only sometimes. Now I don't have to worry about weight anymore. But now it's money that stops me. I don't want to be buying tons of groceries and having to shop more often spending more money.

I do eat for flavour, not so much texture. I can't stand the texture of some things I put in my mouth.

But it does seem more like an addiction for me. I do get stuck in the repetition of it and can't stop which is usual for me with doing anything. But why do I start in the first place? I know the food has very little vitamins and is going to make me feel worse than if I didn't eat it. I always tell myself just a handful too but that doesn't always work out.
Sometimes I do it to add calories. I rarely eat when I'm depressed. I barely have any hunger when depressed.

I think it's a part of my impulsibility. I just dive in and can't stop. But I do make myself stop. And it does feel good. But that's not a stim. That's an addiction.

I understand what everybody has been saying about starting and being unable to stop. I try to buy the smallest portions of everything that I can, because I know that the temptation to continue eating will be almost irresistible. For the most part, I try not to buy things like potato chips, because I know that I will not be able to control myself. If I do buy potato chips, I try to buy the small single-serving bags.

For me, I think that it is more about the texture than the taste, though the taste does matter too. I love the feeling of chewing on potato chips. I enjoy chewing on hard candies. I like to chew on ice too. Of course, I also like ice cream, and that is mostly taste, not texture.

I find I eat for the repetitiveness of it the kinda too extreme love of the taste but also the feeling of being full I’m always seeking that and I will always eat until I’m bursting which sometimes hurts but sometimes I feel I can only be calm if I’m full