Anxiety and Cooking
#319783 - 11/29/07 10:00 PM
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TATYANA
Reged: 07/22/07
Posts: 370
Loc: Washington, Seattle
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So, I decided to make my first pie, ever. The whole time I was making it I was stressing so much, simply freaking out. I had to tell myself to calm down! I was just so afraid to mess it up! I even put some relaxing music on! So, pie turned out good (Heather's pumpkin pie) but I am just wondering if anyone else stresses when they cook? I mean, isn't cooking suppose to be relaxing?
Thanks all.
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IBS-C since 2006. No signs of IBS now, it's been 4 yrs. Only dairy allergy now.
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Tatyana, why do you stress about cooking? It is therapeutic for me... Are you worried about burning something? If you know you're making something safe, you should be ok!
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All the time! I'm always worried that I'll burn something or under cook it! So, I make easy things like tacos or premade chicken where all I have to do it reheat it on the grilling pan. I also make, pasta with store bought sauce, chicken hotdogs, rice and frozen low fat dinners. Stuff that I don't need to slave over or stress about the cook time.
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I think I was stressing so much because I was making my first pie, ever. I was worried about messing it up. And, by the way, I got sick from it anyway, even if it's on Heather's recipe. Pumpkin is suppose to have SFiber in it but it gets me sick every time.
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I can totally relate- i used to stress about it all the time and especially when i first got married as i worried that my husband would hate it or that it would be inedible. Now that i'm more used to cooking i don't get so stressed... unless i'm cooking for friends then i have a freak out! The whole relationship between body, mind and food is so delicate for those with IBS methinks. Don't worry, i think you're normal for stressing out 
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