Would you believe a person has the misfortune of experiencing seven psychological disorders as he progresses through a seven course meal? Here is how:
Course 1: Appetizer. Disorder 1: Kleptomania
A person at this stage is reasonably famished and prepared to really eat. He will grab all the food available. He is aware of two facts: one there is a lot more food to follow and two he will not be able to finish all that he has grabbed. Yet, he continues. He will push and jump a few fellow kleptomaniacs in the process.
Kleptomania is the inability to refrain from the urge to steal items for reasons other than personal use or financial gain.
Here it is the urge to hoard food for reasons other than eating.
Course 2: Entrée. Disorder 2: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something.
The person is now obsessive compulsive to repeat his appetizer actions. He will again grab all the food while still being aware of the same 2 facts: there will be more food and he will not being able to finish all he has. He has the fear of missing out on something delicious that will be talked about after. At this point he hits his 80 precent-ish stomach capacity.
Course 3: Palate Cleanser. Disorder 3: Claustrophobia
Palate Cleanser is generally a neutral flavored element in food, like cheese, that enables to clear the palate from one flavor to another. This enables the person to enjoy the flavor of the main course.
Claustrophobia is the fear of having no escape and being in closed or small spaces or rooms.
A bite of cheese, a common palate cleanser, will shoot him to a 100 percent-ish stomach capacity. He is unable to escape the fact that his stomach is now a ticking time bomb impending explosion. Sweat starts breaking at the forehead. He feels trapped and gasping for air.
Course 4: Main Course. Disorder 4: Retrograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia is the loss of memory-access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an injury or the onset of a disease.
Sight of “real” food renews the appetite, so he thinks. Forgetting everything he has eaten so far and the near 100 percent-ish full stomach he will try eating some more. After all this is the main course. At the end of this he is like a Thanksgiving turkey, stuffed to a 140 percent-ish stomach capacity.
Course 5: Cheese Course. Disorder 5: Parkinson
Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the brain that leads to shaking (tremors) and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination.
What would you expect at 140 percent-ish stomach capacity? With a single bite of the cheese the person is rendered sweating, profusely, all over and trembling. Vows of “no more seven course meals for the rest of his life” are written all over his mind. The person will not want to move, out of fear of puking or fainting or falling. Wonders if the motion from breathing will tip him off too?
Course 6: Dessert. Disorder 6: Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder is a condition in which a person has periods of depression and periods of being extremely happy or being cross or irritable.
Who can resist dessert? This is the best part of the whole meal. Who would want to miss it? The person is all stuffed and yet when he sees dessert he will try to make room for just a little. “A little”, he promises his stomach. Promises are broken and a lot is eaten. At the end, how could I do this? The vows are now moved from the mind to stone. Hysteria at its peak.
Course 7: Coffee. Disorder: Trichotillomania
Trichotillomania is an impulse control disorder. It causes a person to habitually pull out his hair. People with trichotillomania may pull hair from anywhere on the body. Sometimes people with trich end up having large areas on the body without hair.
The smell of warm black coffee is so inviting. The emotions are bitter sweet. Like dessert he thinks the coffee is all liquid and will flow through the gaps in food in the stomach. A good hot cup of coffee will be the cure to all problems. He is hopeful. Then the first sip happens. All hope is lost. Mood swings from hopefulness to complete panic and regret. Hairs stand up voluntarily, wanting to be pulled.
He will survive the night and the next day. The vows of not eating a seven course meal are held until present by the next opportunity of a seven course meal. It is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder all over again.
Course 1: Appetizer. Disorder 1: Kleptomania
A person at this stage is reasonably famished and prepared to really eat. He will grab all the food available. He is aware of two facts: one there is a lot more food to follow and two he will not be able to finish all that he has grabbed. Yet, he continues. He will push and jump a few fellow kleptomaniacs in the process.
Kleptomania is the inability to refrain from the urge to steal items for reasons other than personal use or financial gain.
Here it is the urge to hoard food for reasons other than eating.
Course 2: Entrée. Disorder 2: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something.
The person is now obsessive compulsive to repeat his appetizer actions. He will again grab all the food while still being aware of the same 2 facts: there will be more food and he will not being able to finish all he has. He has the fear of missing out on something delicious that will be talked about after. At this point he hits his 80 precent-ish stomach capacity.
Course 3: Palate Cleanser. Disorder 3: Claustrophobia
Palate Cleanser is generally a neutral flavored element in food, like cheese, that enables to clear the palate from one flavor to another. This enables the person to enjoy the flavor of the main course.
Claustrophobia is the fear of having no escape and being in closed or small spaces or rooms.
A bite of cheese, a common palate cleanser, will shoot him to a 100 percent-ish stomach capacity. He is unable to escape the fact that his stomach is now a ticking time bomb impending explosion. Sweat starts breaking at the forehead. He feels trapped and gasping for air.
Course 4: Main Course. Disorder 4: Retrograde amnesia
Retrograde amnesia is the loss of memory-access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an injury or the onset of a disease.
Sight of “real” food renews the appetite, so he thinks. Forgetting everything he has eaten so far and the near 100 percent-ish full stomach he will try eating some more. After all this is the main course. At the end of this he is like a Thanksgiving turkey, stuffed to a 140 percent-ish stomach capacity.
Course 5: Cheese Course. Disorder 5: Parkinson
Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the brain that leads to shaking (tremors) and difficulty with walking, movement, and coordination.
What would you expect at 140 percent-ish stomach capacity? With a single bite of the cheese the person is rendered sweating, profusely, all over and trembling. Vows of “no more seven course meals for the rest of his life” are written all over his mind. The person will not want to move, out of fear of puking or fainting or falling. Wonders if the motion from breathing will tip him off too?
Course 6: Dessert. Disorder 6: Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder is a condition in which a person has periods of depression and periods of being extremely happy or being cross or irritable.
Who can resist dessert? This is the best part of the whole meal. Who would want to miss it? The person is all stuffed and yet when he sees dessert he will try to make room for just a little. “A little”, he promises his stomach. Promises are broken and a lot is eaten. At the end, how could I do this? The vows are now moved from the mind to stone. Hysteria at its peak.
Course 7: Coffee. Disorder: Trichotillomania
Trichotillomania is an impulse control disorder. It causes a person to habitually pull out his hair. People with trichotillomania may pull hair from anywhere on the body. Sometimes people with trich end up having large areas on the body without hair.
The smell of warm black coffee is so inviting. The emotions are bitter sweet. Like dessert he thinks the coffee is all liquid and will flow through the gaps in food in the stomach. A good hot cup of coffee will be the cure to all problems. He is hopeful. Then the first sip happens. All hope is lost. Mood swings from hopefulness to complete panic and regret. Hairs stand up voluntarily, wanting to be pulled.
He will survive the night and the next day. The vows of not eating a seven course meal are held until present by the next opportunity of a seven course meal. It is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder all over again.
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