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(Vice) Man eats nothing but Mac and Cheese for the past 17 years.
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culture shock.
How tf does a grocery store have an entire aisle of just instant mac and cheese??
How tf does a grocery store have an entire aisle of just instant mac and cheese??
Thanks for not making me find the video and post it the moment I read the title.
my cousin mostly only ate chicken nuggets since he was a kid and he got really sick. don't remember if it was something to do with his kidneys or his liver. he basically had to start eating a regular diet and he lost a ton of weight too.
Ah yes, PTSD brought on by an abusive parent, truly a problem only seen in the first world. I know you are banned already but seriously, fuck off with this crap.
Velveeta pretty much had its own section, hamburger helper and Kraft would probably be just as big or bigger.
You know what's more gross? A father beating their child so much that the resulting PTSD causes them to only eat mac and cheese.
You make it seem as if this guy willingly wants to eat only one thing, and not because his brain wiring is fucked up and will mentally and physically anything else.
C'mon dude, be better than this.
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You really need to watch the video. Man was abused by his father and has PTSD from it causing him to only eat Mac and Cheese.
Yet again ResetERA responds to a person's mental health crisis in a fucking disgusting fashion.
We need to fucking get better at this. Everyone making light of, or openly insulting, this man's struggle should be ashamed of themselves.
Edit: I hope he gets better. If he doesn't this will surely kill him some day
We need to fucking get better at this. Everyone making light of, or openly insulting, this man's struggle should be ashamed of themselves.
Edit: I hope he gets better. If he doesn't this will surely kill him some day
And you're going to have to come to grips with the reality that people react to challenges in different ways and not everyone in every thread is going to add a super-serious response or otherwise satisfactory to your tastes. It doesn't mean people are unaware of of the challenges or are not empathetic to the story. Get over it as yourself while you're at it.
For anyone wondering
He weighed 245 when that video was filmed. He's down to 188 now......don't think the diets changed. But probably his intake has and I'm assuming he's probably subbing the lack of nutrients with supplements now.
He weighed 245 when that video was filmed. He's down to 188 now......don't think the diets changed. But probably his intake has and I'm assuming he's probably subbing the lack of nutrients with supplements now.
Oh, you're right. Some times people are awful and they respond with awful behavior. That's just a part of life isn't it? Silly me. I shouldn't be upset. Thanks for pointing that out!
I haven't seen someone post it, but what he has is a condition called ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, formerly Selective Eating Disorder) which is classified as an eating disorder. There was also a fantastic episode of Terrible, Thanks For Asking that covered ARFID. In TTFA, they had a person who suffered from it and an eating disorder specialist who described it in a pretty harrowing way. For those criticizing him of just being a "picky eater", consider that specialists will flat out say, the difference between a picky eater and someone who has ARFID, is if you lock them in a room with food they don't like, eventually the picky eater will break and just eat it. The person with ARFID would rather starve to death.
At first, I thought the most tragic part of the story was how a parent could abuse their child so much that it changed their brain chemistry and makes the abuse continue even after the parent is removed from the situation.
Thankfully this post set me straight and now I know the real tragedy is the brand of mac and cheese that is consumed.
Era has another thread filled with shitty / dismissive opinions about mental health?
I'm shocked, shocked I say.
I'm shocked, shocked I say.
A: "lol he only eats crappy mac and cheese what a weirdo"
B: "it's because he was traumatized from abuse as a child"
A: "who cares other people go through shit too, get over it"
some of yall got issues for real if this is how you respond to a story like this.
B: "it's because he was traumatized from abuse as a child"
A: "who cares other people go through shit too, get over it"
some of yall got issues for real if this is how you respond to a story like this.
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The Velveeta cheese was probably just cheap enough for him as a kid that his father wouldn't rage at him for eating it. I can relate to that having a father that micromanages everything I eat.
That, and it doesn't need refrigeration. You can store it anywhere.
I saw this thread title and instantly recognized that this man has the same disorder as me. I haven't watched the video yet, but having read a few comments in here, I think I can add my own dimension to this topic if people want to read it.
For people wondering, my experience is that you want to change, but that change is very difficult and a source of extreme stress. It's not as simple as just putting new food in your mouth and swallowing. If I attempt to consume a new food, my body tries to reject the food and my brain panics as if I've just swallowed poison or a hazardous material. I have to control my urge to gag or vomit, and I feel stressed and uneasy following that for a while. Food is essential to so many aspects and types of socializing and to living at all, so I have carried a lot of shame because of my limits. Yeah, it's an odd and self-damaging problem to have, and yeah, it's probably a privileged problem to have, but it's a problem and not as simple as an average choice. Of course, I ultimately have control over my actions, but the barriers I face to pursuing those actions can feel insurmountable, especially depending on what else is happening in my life at the same time. Some days, the last thing I want is to struggle with a fight-or-flight response as I eat dinner. I've slowly improved over the years, going from one extreme to a slightly reduced extreme, but it's a long journey.
Thanks to everyone in this thread who understood where this man was coming from. If my post sparks any curiosity, feel free to DM me with questions.
Thank you for posting this!
For people wondering, my experience is that you want to change, but that change is very difficult and a source of extreme stress. It's not as simple as just putting new food in your mouth and swallowing. If I attempt to consume a new food, my body tries to reject the food and my brain panics as if I've just swallowed poison or a hazardous material. I have to control my urge to gag or vomit, and I feel stressed and uneasy following that for a while. Food is essential to so many aspects and types of socializing and to living at all, so I have carried a lot of shame because of my limits. Yeah, it's an odd and self-damaging problem to have, and yeah, it's probably a privileged problem to have, but it's a problem and not as simple as an average choice. Of course, I ultimately have control over my actions, but the barriers I face to pursuing those actions can feel insurmountable, especially depending on what else is happening in my life at the same time. Some days, the last thing I want is to struggle with a fight-or-flight response as I eat dinner. I've slowly improved over the years, going from one extreme to a slightly reduced extreme, but it's a long journey.
Thanks to everyone in this thread who understood where this man was coming from. If my post sparks any curiosity, feel free to DM me with questions.
Thank you for posting this!
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Thank you for sharing this.
Maybe if people learn about things like this, we will have fewer kneejerk reactions and more empathy.
