Eating is tough around certain people

[CheshireCat]

Anyone have trouble eating in public? Like around certain people. I find that I could never eat at my college, specifically the cafeteria. I would usually grab a snack in the vendor and go outside the farthest I could get from people. At work it's weird. I can smoke and drink in front of people, much better than eating. I know I'm not anorexic or bulimic, I can eat fine around my b/f and my close friends and family just not everyone. At work I suffer because I'm starving and can't get myself to eat there. It's embarassing and sometimes I want to just start eating but I don't know if they would turn around and say comments like "wow she is eating" or "your different" and it would be even more embarrassing if I didn't eat. When I work 8 hour shifts it's the worse. I find myself eating so much before work so that I wouldn't be starving there. Does anyone have anything similar?

 

[2Crowded]

Eating to much has always been my problem....when I get nervous I could eat an elephant if I didnt watch myself

:lol:

 

[MrDooBee]

Yep i can definately relate to that.

When i was in university i was a loner so i would grab my meal and sit on my own in the cafeteria to eat. Once i remember i was joined by someone in my class and a lecturer who just wanted to sit down and chat, because I was so nervous it made even the simple task of eating my meal very difficuilt. I must of looked like a retard, someone who can not even eat their food properly. So i just sat there scared shitless while they chatted, waiting for them to leave.

 

[Fairy001]

Up until a couple of years ago (I am now in mid thirties!) I could not eat in front of anyone except my husband. Christmas dinner I just used to push the food around my plate, barbeque's, I would do the cooking and every other time I would claim to have a stomach ache. I am much better with it now, although for some reason I still don't feel comfortable eating in front of my Mum! I don't know what changed, just getting older I think, hmmmm - depressing!


Peace xxx

 

[tpdarlo]

I worry about food splattering around my mouth and sometimes compulsively wipe my mouth with a napkin after each mouthful, but beyond that I don't have a problem. I'm learning to just forget about it and dig in.

 

[miss_amy]

I have ths to the extreme. I find it so hard and cannot eat at home either if I'm stressed or uncomfortable. Silly things can affect me like noise. Makes me jumpy and nervous. I have had anorexia diagnosed in my past and it was more related to this than feeling fat. Though I do have bit of that too.

It's a real pressure, people notice and try d get me to eat...makes me worse. Feel like I'm being watched for every mouthful.

 

[Argamemnon]

Yes, I hate eating in other people's presence.

 

[princess_haru]

Yep, I worry about getting found around my mouth or between my teeth. I'm always wiping my mouth after taking a bit of something, just in case I've got some stuck to my chin! The worst is when people talk to me while I'm eating and I have to try to work out how to speak without showing a mushy mouthful of food. Why do some people seem to have no problem with this sort of thing when it affects us so much?! :?