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31 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 05 December 2011 08:38AM

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Comment author: MinibearRex 05 December 2011 08:17:11PM 3 points [-]

I have a weirdly good memory for things I hear said in conversation.

More interestingly, it took me many years to understand that I did not experience hunger in the same way as other people. I feel no physical sensations associated with it (nothing like a "hollow" feeling in the stomach, or rumblings, which are apparently more common symptoms). When I haven't eaten, I just find that my thoughts just keep turning towards food items. I have recurring thoughts of fruit, or something like that. When I was a kid, my parents didn't understand the way I was eating. I would never get seconds at meals. I would just eat whatever was on my plate originally, even if it was tiny, and then get up. A couple of hours later, I would be getting an apple from the refrigerator.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 December 2011 04:40:24AM 1 point [-]

I don't get hungry either. Every four hours, I start feeling weak and irritable and concentration becomes difficult or tunnel-vision-y. If I don't eat, those feelings go away after about an hour.

I remember having normal hunger feelings until I was maybe 14. I'm not sure, but my increased skipping of family mealtimes might've knocked my system out of whack.