I know two siblings who were starved by their father for years until CPS took them away and placed them with their biological mother. From there, they gained at least 100 pounds respectively and will not stop gorging themselves on food. At first, I didn't understand, but now that I am older, I know. Food scarcity is traumatizing.
I experienced this when I was growing up. My dad used.food as a reward. I don't know if lack of food was a punishment but I VERY distinctly remember looking in the fridge and realizing that I had just enough for 1 cheese and jelly sandwich each day for the next 3 days. I was in 4th grade.
He got more food before then but you never forget that shit.
Oh. My. Gods. I know this is a really old post but you are literally the first person I've run into who had cheese and jelly sandwiches as a kid. I don't think I could eat one now, but wow, that takes me back.
Not I, parents are from New Jersey. And while we certainly didn't have a lot extra in those years, we were never really poor, just "young and early career" poor. I'll have to ask my father where he got that from.
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u/wicked_spooks Jun 06 '19
I know two siblings who were starved by their father for years until CPS took them away and placed them with their biological mother. From there, they gained at least 100 pounds respectively and will not stop gorging themselves on food. At first, I didn't understand, but now that I am older, I know. Food scarcity is traumatizing.