Feeling shameful to eat in front of people

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I haven't had an experience in almost two years. Before that it had been even longer since I had the feeling. But since I was a toddler sometimes I would be eating around people and would suddenly feel ashamed and I stop and glance around. I feel like others around me are judging me for what I eat. I feel like I am eating too much. There's a surge of embarrassment as if someone seriously looked up and said "You're actually eating again?" and that I look fat. It's strange that I seem to forget about it and it happens again years later. Also, what's strange is that it actually has happened that I overheard relatives note that I eat alot and were whispering about it, but I only felt sort of awkward not like how I feel during the episodes.

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago

    I've had that problem too. It was especially prominent during my bouts with anorexia. I hating relatives watching me eating. I hating their comments. "Whoa! You must have been hungry." This was if I ate something large quickly. I despised these comments because they made me feel fat and I didn't want to be fat so, it would cause me to restrict more.

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  • sour.sweet.gone
    10 years ago

    Its normal for people to judge how you eat especially family, sometimes my dad jokes and says I'm gaining weight or something. Honestly I think you probably eat a normal amount everyone eata depending on their hunger so whether you are more hungry than others you tend to eat more... If that makes sense

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    keep nuts in pocket to eat in company

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  • ucipher8
    10 years ago

    When in private, i eat for two, maybe even three. Im not overly obese but im certainly gaining a lot of weight. Being very full lets me sleep. And sleep is all i ever look forward to anymore.

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