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Why eating alone feels too intimate to bear

Every time I eat alone I end up mindlessly scrolling my phone instead of tasting my food, and I realize I'm uncomfortable with the intimacy of just being present with myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are avoiding the vulnerability of solitary presence and self-attention that eating alone can reveal.

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