If you do experience problems because of your body’s
reaction to food, and the above is too big of a leap from
where you are, you might want to explore another angle.
I’ve found that one’s childhood experience of food is
central to one’s current experience.
Here are some questions to consider:
Who did most of the cooking when you were small? What was
that person’s attitude toward the job of food preparation
and presentation?
Who controlled the menu, portion sizes, and what you were
required or allowed to eat? What was that person’s
attitude toward you and food?
How welcome were guests at your table? What effect
did guests have on your experience of food?
Did you have a feeling of abundance or scarcity of food?
How did your parents react to throwing away food?
What was the physical and emotional environment at
mealtime at home, school, restaurants, family gatherings?
How much attention in your family was placed on nutrition,
health, and sickness relative to food?
How much did food and eating represent social status,
wealth, religious status, or other aspects of your
family’s reputation?
How much do you experience shame, guilt, confusion, anger,
anxiety, loss of control, or obsession around food or how
your body reacts to it?
If you’d like some help with thoughts and feelings that
come up for you from these or other questions about food
and eating, I can help.
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