The more I learn about neurodivergent nervous systems and sensory processing the better I understand myself. My digestive system is so sensitive that if I eat anything that is even just slightly out of date, or undercooked, or overcooked, then I know about it straightaway. Whereas my husband’s system is like, ‘yeah, whatever’ and is just able to process it without problem or issue.
And then that that approach actually goes into our eating. So I’m super cautious about everything I eat or really sensitive about how something has been cooked or the texture of it and all those kinds of things. And Andy’s just like, ‘yeah, whatever’ and can essentially eat what he likes.
It’s really made me think about how if your system is super sensitive, of course you would eat restrictively. It’s a survival response. Evolutionary programming.
It makes sense in so many other areas too – why our kids can find things some things so challenging and how no amount of explaining or negotiating or “desensitising” is going to make a difference.
It’s a survival response. Evolutionary programming. No “thinking” your way around that 
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