Re: Okay, Be Honest

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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!

Sorry to *** in here, but I deleted your previous posting.

Don't make yourself out to be worse than you are. Following your onion
odyssey, with great interest, I in no way gain the impression that it is
necessarily a phobia or even need have a psychological basis at all. It
might very well be a warning bodily reaction of allergic type or some
other form of metabolic issue for which the basis is simply not yet
known. Were it otherwise, you would probably be able to trace the whole
thing back to a very vivid and specific incident. (My liquidation is in
the mail.)
--
Chris
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