Is it normal that i need to read when i eat?

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I'm not talking just a casual flick through a magazine. Sometime's I'll rush around the house for about 10 minutes trying to find good reading material. When I'm in a situation where I can't bring a book or magazine to the table, I'll read anything I can, like the ingredients on a ketchup bottle or something. I get really stressed that I can't actually read something substantial. What I read about is really weird too. Specific stuff seems to make the food taste better somehow. So things related to health, diet and food are usually my first choices, but I like reading about gross stuff like acne and headlice and food poisoning too. My family think I'm insane. I'm sure other people like to read whilst they eat, but about headlice!?! Not so sure.

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  • Dutz14
    13 years ago

    I always do that whn i going to eat.
    when i eat without something to read, well, it's kinda weird,,,

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  • yourenottheonlyone
    13 years ago

    i do that in the mornings when i have cereal. i cant enjoy my food without going outside and getting the paper to read while i eat. i dont really read much of it but its just NEEDS to be there! if its not i feel kinda..empty..

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  • yumyum85
    13 years ago

    I do this too! It started in childhood when I had cereal at the table. I HAD to read all of the cereal boxes, every side of them, over and over. Then at dinner I'd bring a book down to read. Now, even when I'm going to the bathroom, I have to read the back of the toothpaste or SOMETHING, even if I've read it 9000 times already. And if I'm eating in the car, I CANNOT listen to music, I have to turn on the talk radio. strange!

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  • Jcandy
    13 years ago

    Yes, I am like that too. I know it's bad, but I couldn't imagine eating with out something else occupying me. Usually it's reading! Completely normal.

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  • [oozingNORMALITY]
    13 years ago

    My partner is like this too. He will read anything and everything when he eats. I find it funny, but I guess it's normal.

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