Anxiety and taste buds!

[weegmack]

Does anyone else have disturbances in taste when they’re anxious? I have health anxiety (and everything else anxiety 🙄) and I often worry about what I’m eating. Sometimes my food tastes totally horrible....different - and my family say it tastes fine.....

[Hidden]

Yes!! My taste completely changes when I feel really anxious!!

[weegmack in reply to Hidden]

I’m so glad it’s not just me! I wonder what causes that?

[Hidden in reply to weegmack]

I don’t know. The other day I ate chicken nuggets that I usually love and they tasted terrible. Or I’ll have no appetite at all so I force myself to eat crackers and drink sprite.

[weegmack in reply to Hidden]

It’s so weird! I think it must be because we’re hyper alert when we’re anxious and our senses are heightened?

[Hidden in reply to weegmack]

It is crazy what anxiety can cause.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

My appetite fluctuates as well. And, it seems as if nothing tastes really great-it's just fuel to keep me going until the next meal.