Health Guide

Making Peace With Executive Dysfunction With Eating

You are hungry. You know you should eat. But you are sitting on the couch, unable to move. This is not laziness. It is a mental glitch that makes a simple sandwich feel like a giant project.

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What is it?

Executive dysfunction with eating is a breakdown in the mental process of starting and finishing a meal. Your brain gets overwhelmed by the many tiny steps involved in feeding yourself. This causes a total freeze in your ability to act.

Signs & Symptoms

Feeling hungry but being unable to decide what to eat
Staring into a full fridge and feeling like there is nothing there
Forgetting to eat until your blood sugar drops and you feel shaky
Feeling immense guilt or shame for not being able to cook

Why does this happen?

The prefrontal cortex is the part of your brain that handles sequencing. This means putting tasks in order. Making a meal requires many steps like choosing, prepping, and cleaning. Because ADHD brains have lower dopamine levels, the reward of eating feels too far away. Your brain sees the effort as too high, so it shuts down to save energy.

The Action Plan

Try breaking down your next task like this to overcome the block:
1

Drink water

1m

Take three big sips of water to wake up your body.

2

Find a low-barrier snack

2m

Grab something you can eat with zero tools, like a piece of fruit or a handful of nuts.

3

Eat standing up

5m

Do not worry about the table, just get some fuel into your system.

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