Re: Okay, Be Honest


"Ron Hunter" <rphunter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:JemdnfU22fUUHUXbnZ2dnUVZ_sSlnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DaveD wrote:
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Ron Hunter escribió:


Do they do much food without onion (just that I'm not just allergic to it but also almost phobic!) as loads of countries seem to find it mandatory in their cuisine :(

DaveD

Wow, and I thought I had a problem with not eating cheese. Not eating onions is REALLY a problem. I don't like raw onions, but can eat onions if they are throughly cooked, as in soup.


Nope - totally hate them. I had to ask flatmates to wrap onions in non-see-through bags in the fridge once they'd cut them in half (using the specially designated onion chopping board as I can tell if something else is chopped on the surface afterwards!) because even seeing them induces nausea - as well as triggering my phobia!

(Whereas actually eating them - eek! - induces extreme nausea, retching, stomach upset/cramps and vomitting - all great fun, even if most of that is psychological...)


There may well be nothing you can do about the physical effects, but you certainly can deal with the psychological effects by phobia treatment. You might consult a specialist in phobias, unless you are afraid of psychiatrists as well.. Grin.


No, I've seen lots of psychotherapists in my time :) But the onion phobia is such that I can't imagine why one would ever want to get over it - it's just so normal (to me lol). Actually *liking* onions? Eiw, no!!!


Can be quite hard explaining in restaurants that "NO onions" really does mean that - one very helpful Chinese restaurant carefully prepared all my courses without onions, then thoughtfully sprinkled chopped spring onions on the top :)


Try telling a mexican restaurant 'no cheese'. They do fine on most of the stuff, but then there is that little sprinkle of cheese on the refried beans... Sigh.


Yup, it's so ingrained they don't even know they're doing it :)


As for those hotdog vans that sell "hotdogs" in the wee small hours after the pubs and clubs have closed - I just have to hold my breath and run for it!

I don't have many phobias but the ones I do have...


I have no phobias. I realize that most people do have some, but I am rather fortunate in that respect. My wife will be come nauseous just seeing a snake on TV.
She didn't confess this problem until we had been dating a while. I wondered why she always seemed to be a bit ill after leaving the herpetarium at the zoo.


She did very well concealing it from you then!

DaveD

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