Agreed. I know someone who refuses to cook at all under the guise of "anxiety" and I do not understand how some people are fine with not being able to provide for themselves on a very basic level. Automate your cooking and meal prep as much as possible and the process becomes quick and easy and you always have tons of food on hand.
If you have not experienced food or diet-related anxiety, try not to write it off as being "fine with not being able to provide for themselves on a very basic level".
There are several kinds of anxiety/phobia/disorder that leave people unable to cook, and I am sure their anxiety at some level encompasses exactly the thing you think they haven't noticed.
What about those that get anxiety when they are in the kitchen due to past trauma or something? To brush them off as “fine with not being able to provide for themselves” is shaming them for having said anxiety. Maybe the last time they were in the kitchen was with Mom when she had her stroke and her face plant into your eggplant is a memory you get every time you see your mixing bowl? Everyone has something, so be kind to those who suffer.
anxiety can be very disabling, and can indeed leave people unable to provide for themselves at a very basic level; they will, as you seem to have correctly inferred, die without support
fortunately most of us live in a society, so we don't have to be robinson crusoe or the man of the hole to survive
> they will, as you seem to have correctly inferred, die without support
Is there ever an instance of this happening?
Seems to me the issue veers into ptsd/trauma territory if one somehow finds themselves incapable of feeding themselves. Anxiety is an almost banal way to describe it, and I've had an anxiety attack.
> your question betrays a level of callousness unworthy of a human being
It's not rhetorical, but your feeble projection onto others tells me a lot about you. Yes, how dare one question a person talking out of their ass, only a monster could do that.
> kurt goedel
Refused to eat food not prepared by his late wife. Obsessive irrational fear is not merely tantamount to "anxiety".
Touch grass and take a break from the internet. You might catch a dose of anxiety.
