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Why do I want to vomit when I eat someone's cooking?
I have never figured this out. At 36, for the longest time (mainly two decades) I cannot eat anything someone cooks unless I cook it myself. Or my family (i.e Husband, Mother, Aunt etc) it's not that I think I will be poisoned (seriously) - it's something else. I just want to puke. For example my employer whom I work out of her home, made chicken...as I was leaving she said try it..it's delicious. Feeling as if I should, I put a piece in my mouth and couldn't swallow it. I smushed it up and packed it into my cheeks to not show I wanted to throw it up. I then left and when I got to my car I spit it up and was gagging. What the hell is wrong with me? Why can't I eat/enjoy someone's cooking? It's not as if I think it will taste bad. I just can't allow myself to get that far. I always refuse someone's offerings if someone makes something. Except my family. Help me get over this and what is the root of the issue? Again, it's NOT that I think someone will poison me lol. It completely has nothing to do with that. Why do I want to gag it up so badly? I can't find a proper catagory for this lol. (mental health maybe?)
No, I'm not bullimic. I eat like a pig otherwise and it safely remains in my big belly!
Wow pwei34 - You may have hit the nail on the head. I do indeed have OCD - for many years. Yes, I have to bang my wedding ring on the headboard two times at night. Fold my kitchen towel a certain way before heading to bed. Keep the tv on an even numbered channel, wash my hands over 15 times a day. Keep my ipod on an even number in the middle of a song when pausing the time. All of that. Yes, it's ONLY for homemade cooking. I can eat out fine. Never once had an issue. I am eager to learn more about this. I don't think I had a problem as a child - I don't recall anything at least.
I need to add that I do NOT literally vomit. I just gag like I have to. So such as the scenario today, I was gagging until I could spit it out of my mouth and then felt so disgusted I kept drinking water. I don't actually throw up - it's that point where you "almost do"
Why do I want to vomit when I eat someone's cooking?
I have never figured this out. At 36, for the longest time (mainly two decades) I cannot eat anything someone cooks unless I cook it myself. Or my family (i.e Husband, Mother, Aunt etc) it's not that I think I will be poisoned (seriously) - it's something else. I just want to puke. For example my employer whom I work out of her home, made chicken...as I was leaving she said try it..it's delicious. Feeling as if I should, I put a piece in my mouth and couldn't swallow it. I smushed it up and packed it into my cheeks to not show I wanted to throw it up. I then left and when I got to my car I spit it up and was gagging. What the hell is wrong with me? Why can't I eat/enjoy someone's cooking? It's not as if I think it will taste bad. I just can't allow myself to get that far. I always refuse someone's offerings if someone makes something. Except my family. Help me get over this and what is the root of the issue? Again, it's NOT that I think someone will poison me lol. It completely has nothing to do with that. Why do I want to gag it up so badly? I can't find a proper catagory for this lol. (mental health maybe?)
No, I'm not bullimic. I eat like a pig otherwise and it safely remains in my big belly!
Wow pwei34 - You may have hit the nail on the head. I do indeed have OCD - for many years. Yes, I have to bang my wedding ring on the headboard two times at night. Fold my kitchen towel a certain way before heading to bed. Keep the tv on an even numbered channel, wash my hands over 15 times a day. Keep my ipod on an even number in the middle of a song when pausing the time. All of that. Yes, it's ONLY for homemade cooking. I can eat out fine. Never once had an issue. I am eager to learn more about this. I don't think I had a problem as a child - I don't recall anything at least.
I need to add that I do NOT literally vomit. I just gag like I have to. So such as the scenario today, I was gagging until I could spit it out of my mouth and then felt so disgusted I kept drinking water. I don't actually throw up - it's that point where you "almost do"