c/depression·Posted by u/marcus_quinn·1h ago
Has anyone else stood at the fridge for twenty minutes and given up on dinner?
There is a half-chopped onion on my cutting board from an hour ago. I had this idea I would make the stir fry I actually know how to make. I got the onion halfway, then opened the fridge, stared at the same three containers, closed it, opened it again. I could not pick. Stir fry, cereal, the leftover rice that might be fine, toast. None of them won. I ended up eating crackers over the sink at 9:40 and I felt ridiculous. It is not that I am hungry or not hungry. Choosing is the part that dies. I used to come home and just cook. Now I stand there until the decision window closes and then I am annoyed at myself for wasting the onion. How do you pick food when your brain will not vote?
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u/aisha_r1h ago
I did the onion thing last week except it was a bell pepper. Sat there until it got sad on the board. You are not ridiculous.
u/ben_okonkwo1h ago
I stopped choosing. Frozen dumplings on weeknights, eggs on weekends. Same two things. Boring, but I eat before 10 now.
u/sophie_lang1h ago
Do you get hungry later and then it is worse, or does the appetite just leave with the decision?
u/daniel_cho59m ago
Crackers over the sink is a regular meal in this apartment. I keep a box on the counter so I do not have to open the fridge at all some nights.