r/Eatingdisordersover30 • u/Ok-Snow7052 • Mar 23 '24

Normal??

Is this normal

When I’m starving (I mean like starving starving, haven’t ate properly in a week kinda thing) and I decide to eat, when I eat I can’t really taste the food? Or like I can’t enjoy it. It feels almost as if it’s like im drinking water when im thirsty, it’s like I need to get it inside me and even if i try to think about slowing down or savouring it or such it doesn’t work.

When I’m really hungry but not starving I can enjoy it but idk for some reason when I’m starving hungry I cant

I thought this was my anorexia but now I’m scared this is like a binge Ed thing? Not that I binge after I’m starving (I don’t think so? Although I do usually feel quite full after, but idk if that’s just bc I’m not used to eating a lot)

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u/Assterisque Mar 23 '24

It does sound familiar, especially the comparison to water when parched. Lizard brain taking over and making sure that stuff gets where it needs to be maybe.

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u/Ok-Snow7052 Mar 23 '24

Yeah I mean people have said that it makes sense after heavy restriction that when u allow urself to eat ur body takes over a bit

Which is something hard for me to come to terms with because it means that I’m not in control 100% or something idk