There is no emotion other than guilt that makes you delay eating.
Yes, the fight-flight will turn off the gastro, that stops eating, but there is no way you’re producing that much adrenaline at the dinner table without Dad walking in with a belt or your wife and her lover doing the same.
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With sadness you won’t eat, but you’re not going to play.
Excitement might skip eating and decide to play with food, but excitement is self-evident and is rarely about playing with food.
You can be so angry that you won’t eat, but if you decide to play, then the game will be murder-the-meat.
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If you see someone playing with their food, it’s because they’re lying to someone, you can be sure of it.
You’re worried they’re lying to you? If they are, it’s only because they’re lying to themselves too.