This is crazy I'm sure...

[bumblebee62331]

... but do any of you share my problem?

When it comes to eating in front of animals - I can't!! For some reason, even if my cat is sitting there looking at me, watching me eat, I feel so guilty! I end up giving her heaps of my food and I still feel fat and awful because I ate when she wasn't.

It's a cat!!

Please tell me I'm not crazy.... :o

 

[bumblebee62331]

... obviously not. I knew it. I'm crazy!!

 

[purples]

Sorry for such a late response, I just didn't get on last night - I'm just getting up this morning. I was trying to avoid my computer and other triggery things... so I spent lots of time bonding with my word searches.

Hey, we all have different "quirks" and different sides to our eating disorders. I, personally, don't have trouble eating in front of animals - but doesn't mean your fear isn't real or valid.

Have you tried to plan your pets meals around yours? Something you could do is give her a small plate of dry food everytime you eat, especially if you eat regularly. This could serve as better bonding for you and your cat.

 

[Soulwings]

That makes sense to me. I feel guilty too, a little, and when I'm by myself I end up giving my dogs (I've got three of them) most of the food that I eat. Just because they're there and they want it and I don't really. It helps me not eat.

 

[bumblebee62331]

Thanks for your responses guys. Yes, I'll generally give the cat her dinner and she'll go off and eat it while I eat. I don't know what it is - it's like I think they can really think and all they are thinking is "Why does she keep eating? She's so fat". I'm going crazy, I must be, to think of an animal ... talking?

 

[Soulwings]

/me hugs Katie.
It's not crazy. It just shows how much of a handle your ED has got on you. Try to fight it. The only reason your cat sits and stares at you is because she wants some of your food. She loves you and if she could think thoughts like that - she would think loving thoughts, and nothing to put you down.

Animals are funny things. They are SO human.

 

[Bamboo_Chicken]

We have it the other way around in my house - my dog refuses to eat if she thinks that anybody is watching. It confuses me no end sometimes.