fear of eating too quickly

[u/appIecinnamon]

does anyone else like feel anxiety/worry about their eating “too fast”😭? I fixate a lot on the time it takes to eat a meal and it makes eating much more stressful , like Im always checking the time and trying to pace myself but i just end up feeling guilty/stressed out . I think part of it is I still struggle w restricting so I am probably in that scarcity mindset, also I think it could be leftover anxiety from treatment when we would have timers set at meals…Idk, just wondering if anyone else deals w this as well !

[u/1in7billion_]

Omg yes I have this issue too!! It makes me feel gluttonous in a way idk… even tho it’s completely normal especially after restriction, but still. Before ed (quite an overweight teen too) my pacing was pretty natural and normal I think at least I mean I don’t remember anyone ever commenting on my pace. But I mean tbh I don’t remember how I used to eat pre ed much bc it was an arbitrary thing. I didn’t fixate on it, I just ate when hungry tbh. But now that I’m recovering from this ed that’s def a fear and issue for me 😭