#food hyperfixation

[nerd444eva]

Damian, sick, 9 years old, an undiagnosed autistic:

Alfred: *sets down a bowl of porridge*

Damian: *looks at the warm sludge* what is that...

Alfred: porridge, master damian.

Damian: i probably wont like it, pennworth i-

Alfred shoves the spoon into damians mouth

Damian: ...

(It soon became damians go too food, breakfast lunch and dinner, for the next month until he got sick of it and moved to hyperfixate on paw patrol)

[second-radio]

Abel, hon, why didn't you eat before the show? But never mind, I assure you, all us listeners don't mind if you indulge on air. After all, it's not every day you get to eat treats from Queen Bee herself.

Abel: Because I can’t eat much. I’m sorta going through a food hyper fixation right now so nothing really is appealing to me right now.

Alastor: *blinks* But you ate breakfast this morning.

Abel: my current hyper fixation is eggs. Like in one way or another I need to eat eggs.

Alastor: *grumbles* that explains why you didn’t eat the sausage I made.

Beelzebub: So you’re like, craving eggs? I can summon up something like an omelette or—

Abel: Scrambled eggs are my safe “go-to” food. But I just… eat eggy.

[liorainbloom]

currently going through pickle withdrawals 😣😔😭 made a whole dinner but all I want is a jar of pickles wtf

[catboynutsack]

food hyperfixations are so fucking annoying sometimes. yeah I'm eating spicy chicken nuggets for breakfast. what did I have for dinner? oh spicy chicken nuggets! what was for breakfast yesterday? spicy nuggets! and dinner the night before that? oh sweetie you're not gonna believe this

[animetittymousepad]

[nortism]

ranking my food hyperfixations from best to worst:

1. plain yoghurt and misc fruit: current food hyperfixation; easy to prepare and pretty healthy. also yummy. best fruits are strawberries and blueberries.

2. fried rice with spring onions and mushrooms: definitely most labour intensive preparation but i was actually eating vegetables. would sometimes mix it up by adding peas or carrots or an egg.

3. plain pasta and cheese: simple, classic. i can always rely on her.

4. soba cup noodles: the most delicious cup noodle but still cup noodles. would sometimes add an egg if i was feeling fancy.

5. chicken super noodles: peak depression food. has definitely taken at least 20 years off my life.

[shark-stars]

also new food hyperfixation dropped and the only thing i want is jasmine rice like it’s so nom nom

[adhdtogether]

Help, I fixated on Mac and cheese for like three weeks and that's ALL I wanted to eat, and I would be really upset if for whatever reason we didn't have any in the pantry, but now that we have TONS of it (bc of me) I DON'T WANT IT. I want peanut butter and jelly instead 😭 And now my family is VERY frustrated with me because all I wanted was Mac and cheese and they bought it for me and now I'm asking for PB&J?? Any advice on what to do?? Do I eat the Mac and cheese anyway?

Oh no! Hyperfixating on a certain food is definitely a thing! The good news is that boxed mac and cheese has a long shelf life, so it's something you can store and eat later.

I don't think you should force yourself to eat it, but you know your family dynamic much better than I do. If you really don't think you'll eat it any time soon, maybe it can be donated to a local food bank or given to a neighbor.