Talk:Rumination disorder
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This article seems to be a direct copy of [1] Richard W.M. Jones 23:15, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- I've written a replacement stub on the /Temp page. Richard W.M. Jones 17:34, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] An Adult Male With Rumination Disorder
Little seems to be known about this disorder.
Many children who develop this disorder will die from malnourishment, and it may have something to do with lack of a maternal bond. In adults, it is typically seen only in those who are mentally retarded.
I have had the disorder ever since I can remember (and I am obviously not mentally retarded). I may have had it from birth, or it may have developed around the age of six. It feels so natural that it very difficult to stop (I've had no success). There's a sense of not really having eating without regurgitating afterwards to fully savor it. Some psychologists call this "self-stimulation," and there certainly is a certain sense of reward to savoring a meal, since I can't seem to do this when the food is outside of me.
Food outside of me causes me a kind of separation anxiety; I want to overcome that as quickly as possible. Once it's inside me, I can comfortably enjoy it. Not surprisingly, I have suffered from a few personality disorders, bulimia, depression, etc. I'm very inwardly directed, have some narcissistic tendencies -- and clearly there is a relationship here between rumination disorder and directing my energies to the inside vs. the outside of myself.
