Eating disorders
KaleidoscopicMagpie
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: 3 Oct 2021
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Posts: 55
Location: UK
Is autism frequently co-morbid with disordered eating?
I know quite a few have sensory issues with food, but does disordered eating come from being autistic or is it a coping mechanism?
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Officially diagnosed with ASD Oct. 2013
Interests: Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Arthur, education, names, geography, detective fiction, animals, especially dogs.
I punish myself sometimes by eating large amounts of anything I like in one go. For example, I may push large amounts of cheese and salami into my mouth to finish it in one minute. I would normally take half an hour to finish all of them. In this way, I don't taste or enjoy cheese and salami and have nothing left to enjoy afterwards. I do the same with other delicious foods/drinks. The point is that I don't enjoy my favorite food and have nothing left for later, which is a big punishment for me. The punishment is, for example, for dropping something on the floor, being late for something, forgetting to do something etc. I believe this counts as binge eating.
I barely feel full and hungry. I only realize them when my stomach starts to hurt.
I overeat because of anxiety. And forget to eat because of too much concentration.
All in all, it's not good for the stomach.
Vegetables are my challenge.
I don't eat most "cooked" vegetables. They have a special stink to me.
I only choose a few raw vegetables and eat very little.
My mother therefore suspected that sooner or later I would suffer from a serious disease.
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With the help of translation software.
Cover your eyes, if you like. It will serve no purpose.
You might expect to be able to crush them in your hand, into wolf-bone fragments.
FleaOfTheChill
Veteran
Joined: 31 Jul 2020
Age: 309
Gender: Non-binary
Posts: 2,941
Location: I'm stuck in the dryer
I was never officially dx'd with ARFID, but for years I certainly met the criteria. A lot of my issues were fueled by a fear of getting sick after eating. I used to have digestive issues, so every time I ate something that made me sick as a child, I'd never eat it again. That went on into my teens and by the time I was in my twenties, I only ate about five or six things. Everything else, total fear food.
These days, I am a lot better about it, but I do have sensory issues and still refuse to eat a lot of things due to smell or feel. I just consider myself a picky eater these days, but not in a way that is problematic to my health and wellbeing or anything.
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